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R. D. YATES 
"The Boy" 



R. D. YATES 
CHECKER PLAYER 



BY 

WILLIAM TIMOTHY CALL 



NEW YORK, 1905 



SEP. 2 IB05 
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COPY 6* 




Copyright, 1905, by William Timothy Call 



Printed at 
The Winthbop Press 
32 Lafayette Place 

New York 



PREFACE. 



Dr. Samuel Johnson, the lexicographer, wrote the 
dedication and preface to " An Introduction to the 
Game of Draughts," by William Payne, published in 
London in 1756. That book is the first book in Eng- 
lish devoted exclusively to draughts, or checkers, as the 
game is called in America — the pioneer of a literature 
of checker analysis and play, embracing nearly two hun- 
dred different books and more than two dozen different 
periodicals. 

In the dedication Dr. Johnson says : " Triflers may 
find or make anything a trifle, but since it is the great 
characteristic of a wise man to see events in their 
causes, to obviate consequences, and ascertain contin- 
gencies, your Lordship will think nothing a trifle by 
which the mind is inured to caution, foresight, and cir- 
cumspection." But in these days, when special training 
on specific subjects is most desired, the value of the 
game for mental discipline is not considered. 

In the preface, however, which is less grandiose than 
the dedication, we find the worthy doctor at his best, 
for there he presents what is now regarded as the true 
plea for the game, in so direct a way that it needs no 
support except that which it gets from quotation 
marks : 

" It is natural for a man to think well of the art 
which he professes to teach, and I may therefore be ex- 
pected to have some esteem for the play of draughts. 
I would not, however, be thought to overrate it. Every 
art is valued in a joint proportion to its difficulty and 



11 PREFACE. 

usefulness. The use of draughts is the same as that of 
any other game of skill — that it may amuse those hours 
for which more laudable employment is not at hand, 
and happy is the man whose equability of temper and 
constancy of perseverance in better things exempt him 
from the need of such reliefs. Whatever may be de- 
termined concerning its use, its difficulty is incontest- 
able; for among the multitudes that practice it very 
few understand it." 

To these just conclusions, I think, should be added 
the unnamed charm which animates the private worker 
— the delver into the numberless secrets of the board. 
His labor, when once given to the world, is never lost, 
as no one can rob him of his discoveries or consign 
them to oblivion, and he is secure in the pleasing 
thought that his humble little fame is permanent. 

If the penalty of being civilized is that we must con- 
nive and contrive to kill the most precious thing we 
have — time — what surer or gentler instrument can we 
find than the game of checkers ? 

The game has never found a master. The genius of 
Robert David Yates seemed to hover on the verge of 
that distinction. 

W. T. Call. 

New York, June, 1905. 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Chapter I. 
ANECDOTAL. 

R. D. Yates impressed those who knew him intimately 
with a feeling not unlike that of awe for his power as 
a checker player. A glimpse of the cause of this im- 
pression may be had from several points of view as 
afforded to the writer of these lines. 

The players with whom he associated occasionally 
dropped into warm contentions regarding the result of 
some game or position of special interest, and called on 
Yates for an opinion. C. M. Potterdon, always eager 
in disputes of this kind, described the outcome of an 
appeal thus : 

" When Yates came along at one of these times we 
all turned to him as by common consent for a decision. 
In his earnest way he would look at the position a few 
moments, and then mildly remark that he thought he 
would go there, at the same time indicating the move of 
his choice. His gaze must have penetrated far deeper 
into the vitals of the thing than we were able to reach 
with our demonstrations, for squirm or hammer as we 
pleased we always found he was right. He knew the 
board with its myriad moods and tenses so much better 
than we did that he actually appeared to us to know 
it all." 

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6 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Testimony to this effect, but a little more direct, 
comes from a schoolboy chum, not a checker player, 
who asked his friend " Bob " just before one of his im- 
portant matches whether he felt nervous about the con- 
test. " He told me," said the narrator, " he did not feel 
at all nervous, as he said he knew the meaning of every 
move on the board, and the only thing he had to look 
out for was some bad move by his opponent." 

This wayside remark, made as a mere generalization 
to gratify the natural curiosity of an old friend, is never- 
theless directly in line with the authoritative statement 
of Martins that there was no hope of catching the boy 
on anything. 

As friend, backer and coach, Melvin Brown formed 
a somewhat similar estimate, having by dbservation con- 
vinced himself that Yates could analyze as surely across 
the board in actual play as his strongest opponents could 
in long hours of close preparation. He early observed 
that his charge had an astonishing faculty for scenting 
deep-hidden trouble in time to avoid it. " He seemed 
able," said Mr. Brown to the investigator, " to scent 
the most distant danger, and I have seen him sacrifice 
piece for position at times when there appeared to be no 
need whatever for heroic measures." 

His fellow medical student, Dr. Schaefer, when asked 
what there was in Yates's cross-board play that made 
the deepest impression on him, instantly replied that it 
was the strange, apparently purposeless little move 
gently made at a point where a strong move seemed to 
be called for. 

Into the method by which his blindfold play was ac- 
complished Melvin Brown made a close inquiry. Yates 



ANECDOTAL 7 

said positively that he saw a perfect reproduction of the 
board and men in his mind's eye — a process known as 
visualization. In fact, to him the board and men were 
superfluous, for he could play on his mental board with 
perfect ease and seemingly with less effort than the 
material board calls for. He could summon up a page 
of reading matter from a carefully read book in the 
same way, and repeat it word for word. 

These visual impressions did not leave him. He told 
a schoolmate that he could call out at any time all the 
moves in every game of importance he ever played. At 
one time, in a bakery in the Bowery, he turned his back 
to twenty-five boards and won every game, after which 
he called out the moves of both sides in all the games 
as rapidly as he would have read them from a book. 
He could also call them off backward without effort. 

W. H. Broughton, of Portland, Me., played with him 
occasionally, and one time with a few friends they went 
to a restaurant and talked out a game while eating and 
conversing. Broughton was a really great blindfold 
player, but was overmatched in this instance, and lost 
the game. 

The father of the great checker player was endowed 
with unusual mental power. His safety valve, however, 
was not a game of any kind, although a great lover of 
puzzles, but the Bible. He was forever at it, and had 
so remarkable a knowledge of Bible lore that he was 
popularly credited with knowing every punctuation 
mark in it, as well as every name, phrase, or allusion. 
He had come to New York from Dundee, Scotland, and 
had made his start in life with an oyster stand on the 
sidewalk. By his own efforts his business was increased 



8 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

until he owned a large popular restaurant in Fulton 
Market, where a son is still in the same business, 
although on a smaller scale. 

His father's hobby being the Bible and his own being 
checkers, R. D. Yates concealed his identity in his cor- 
respondence for some time by using the name of H. C. 
McDonald, that of one of his father's employees. 
" Henny " and " Rob " also managed to have great fun 
together whenever they could find a checker champion 
anywhere within the limits of a short excursion after 
business hours. The chagrin of their face to face vic- 
tims was more enjoyable than that expressed in tilts by 
mail. Sometimes Yates would vary the amusement by 
dressing up as a rough fisherman, just off a lobster raft, 
but very lucky at checkers. In telling of those pleasura- 
ble days McDonald said: 

" Rob loved the game. There was no doubt about 
that. But he would not then, or in later years, gamble 
or allow others to gamble on him. It was not on re- 
ligious grounds, either. He simply did not believe in in- 
troducing the sporting element into what he regarded 
as a scientific pastime. He carried this principle so far 
as to refuse to go with me to a museum in Grand street 
to play an automaton for the twenty-five dollars offered 
as a prize to anyone who would beat the figure, because 
he knew he would win it." 

The inclinations of young Yates were firmly bent in 
the direction of investigating something — getting at the 
bottom facts of intricate propositions. He craved 
knowledge for its own sake. How to turn his faculty 
for insight and acquirement to some useful purpose 
seems to have been the cause of his becoming a physi- 



ANECDOTAL 9 

cian, for that is what he wanted to be. Surgery for 
vocation, checkers for avocation, was apparently the 
guiding idea of his brief career. 

This may be taken to show the correctness of the 
balance of his fine mind, which was so nicely adjusted 
that it is difficult to determine which to admire the more 
— the soundness of his judgment, or the marvelousness 
of his faculty of visualization and insight. Without the 
former he might have dropped to the level of those ab- 
normally developed intellects known as calculating boys, 
for he could do astonishing feats with figures. He used 
to help his brothers with surprising short cuts in mathe- 
matics. He could take two lines of figures, put down at 
random, and multiply them together in his head in imi- 
tation of famous prodigies, but he set no value on this 
act other than as mental gymnastics. 

He was exceedingly fond of mild practical jokes. 
While cashier in his father's restaurant, he practiced 
throwing a knotted towel, and could project it with ac- 
curacy several feet to get it over the shoulder of an 
acquaintance and carry the newspaper out of the hands 
of the intent reader. The trick that pleased him most, 
however, was to attach a string to a damp rag, and 
conceal himself, with the end of the string in his hand, 
some distance away. This was always at dusk, and he 
would wait patiently for some man with a cane to come 
along. He would then make the rag jump in front of 
the victim and run along the sidewalk. To see the ex- 
cited individual pound that supposed rat with his cane 
was the acme of fun to the joker and his lounging 
audience. 

A physical peculiarity afforded himself and his 



10 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

friends an occasional bit of amusement. When the gaze 
of some hero worshipper became fixed on his serious 
countenance, as if to discover the secret of his remark- 
able power, he would make one of his ears move up and 
down like a man on horseback. If that did not suffi- 
ciently astonish the gazer, he would stop it and start the 
other ear. 

His friend McDonald lived in the crowded section of 
the East Side of the city, and the games Yates carried 
on by correspondence were done under the name and 
address of H. C. McDonald. Postal cards were used, 
and the returns were brought to Yates, who worked 
out the replies while attending to his duties as cashier, 
and without the use of a board. The name of Yates 
did not appear in these contests. At that time the police 
were much concerned with the Socialist agitation 
headed by the conspicuous Herr Most, and made it their 
business to be suspicious of everything unusual. It ap- 
peared to them that the postal cards received by Mc- 
Donald ought to be investigated, as they contained noth- 
ing but figures, and. communications in cipher from the 
East Side were worthy of examination. So they ar- 
rested McDonald. This was a joke Yates had not pre- 
pared for, and he was called upon to explain. This, 
with considerable amusement, he finally succeeded 
in doing to the satisfaction of the police. 

This incident, by the way, is the second time in the 
history of the game that the figures used to record the 
moves have been regarded as a possible menace to pub- 
lic safety. The first instance is that of the Spanish 
author Canalejas, who, in 1650, submitted his work 
to the chief inquisitor and obtained a decision, a part of 



ANECDOTAL. 1 1 

which reads as follows : " I have not found anything 
therein contrary to our holy faith, and though it con- 
tains ciphers and characters, they are not those of a 
prohibitive nature, but such as are now generally used 
in the practice of the game." 

At about the time Yates may be said to have achieved 
international fame Schaefer and Potterdon were acquir- 
ing local reputation by beating all comers at the Y. M. 
C. A. rooms in Twenty-third street. Neither of these 
local experts had ever seen Yates, but they were in cor- 
respondence with H. C. McDonald, whom they re- 
garded as a player having a remarkable knowledge of 
the game, and little, if at all, inferior to Yates himself, 
whom they had heard of through other players as a 
marvel. Potterdon's curiosity to see how this Mc- 
Donald conducted himself when face to face with an 
opponent across the board, caused him to make a search 
for the new star. He found McDonald at Otis Field's 
billiard room in the basement at the northeast corner of 
Fulton and Nassau streets. That was the storm centre 
of scientific checkers in New York at that time. Pot- 
terdon was primed for the occasion, and succeeded in 
getting a sitting with McDonald. Potterdon won every 
game with ease. He was puzzled at the result, but 
Dempster, one of the strong players of the day, ex- 
plained the situation, and introduced him to Yates. They 
played, and Yates won every game. Then Potterdon 
resolved to have a little fun himself, and he asked Yates 
to come to the Y. M. C. A. rooms and meet Schaefer 
under the new name of Nemo Gregg. Yates was more 
than ready for that kind of an adventure. Schaefer, 
who was fast earning a reputation as an expert, was 



12 R. D. YATES., CHECKER PLAYER. 

pleased at the idea of showing Mr. Nemo Gregg what 
the game is like when handled by a real player. They 
had a prolonged sitting of twelve games. Gregg won 
them all. Potterdon had his fun, and Schaefer got what 
in later years was known as a bump. At the end of the 
encounter the dejected expert was told the real name of 
his opponent. Schaefer was dumbfounded, but a look 
of relief came into his face as he succeeded in saying: 
" Ya-a-a-a-tes ! Oh ! well, all right, then." 



Chapter IT. 

DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC SIDE 
OF THE GAME. 

Previous to the year 1855 the game of checkers was 
played commonly and extensively in all parts of the 
United States, but was regarded as an amusement to be 
classed with backgammon and dominoes. It was popu- 
lar (as it always will be) with boys and idlers, and was 
vaguely identified with crossroads stores and cracker 
barrels. Longfellow had thrown a little kindly glamour 
on the pastime by causing Evangeline to bring the 
draught-board out of the corner, and start the old men 
in friendly contention. They " laughed at each lucky 
hit or successful manoeuvre ; laughed when a man was 
crowned or a breach made in the king row " — a harm- 
less rural recreation, it seems, of mingled luck and 
laughter. 

John Rogers, the sculptor, whose small groups of 
typical American life were made in large numbers and 
obtained wide popularity, chose as his first subject to 
touch the sentimental side of the great public he aimed 
to please, a statuette called the " Checker Players/' It 
represented two small figures, one an old and the other 
a young man, seated at a table improvised from a barrel. 
The old man's face wore a broad smile of triumph. The 

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14 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

group sold well, and everybody was delighted at the 
perfect representation of the typical checker players, as 
they were commonly regarded. This was in 1859. 

Paul Morphy, the chess genius, sought to obtain a 
glimpse into the scientific depths of checkers without too 
much trouble, but never succeeded in getting within 
sight of anything under the surface of the game. When 
he went to England he asked Thomas Lear, who played 
both checkers and chess, to explain to him " wherein the 
beauty of draughts playing lay." On another occasion, 
half in jest, half in earnest, the great chess master said 
to a New York player, " Checkers is for tramps." 

W. J. A. Fuller, chess editor of Leslie's Illustrated 
Newspaper, declared that checkers is " all bosh," al- 
though he was what the checker editor of the New York 
Clipper called " a bold, dashing and original draughts 
player." Hodges, the Buffalo expert, was beating Ful- 
ler at checkers repeatedly, to the great satisfaction of 
the bystanders, when the author of the " all bosh " re- 
mark claimed he had an easy draw, and his offer to 
make a bet and give odds on it was quickly taken. Ful- 
ler won the bet by gently drawing his knees apart and 
allowing the board and men to fall to the floor. This, 
by the way, is the origin of " Fuller's draw," a phrase 
sometimes used to describe the only thing an inferior 
player might expect to get from an adept. 

The depth and beauty of the game as a science had 
charmed the minds of Benjamin Franklin, Edgar Allan 
Poe, and General Grant, and Poe had, indeed, pointed 
out the difference between mere complexity and real 
profundity — the spectacular and the simple. 

A contention soon arose as to the relative merits of 



DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME. 15 

chess and checkers that was destined to be carried on 
more or less acrimoniously for nearly half a century. 
It culminated in an interview published in the London 
Chronicle in 1895 with the great English chess cham- 
pion, J. H. Blaekburne, who said : " Draughts is a less 
attractive game, infinitely less, but it is more scientific. 
You see, a step at draughts is irreparable. At chess, 
however, you can get back, change the disposition of 
your men, and possibly win." 

Chess Master Pillsbury, who succeeded in combining 
the playing of the two games in his wonderful blindfold 
exhibitions with great success, never lost an opportunity 
in his wide travels to express the conviction that there 
is enough in either game to last a man a lifetime, and 
that depreciative language applied to either game can 
come only from one who is ignorant of the true nature 
of the difficulties to be overcome by an expert practi- 
tioner of that pastime. 

The charm of the idea at the bottom of the game of 
checkers was expressed neatly by the writer of an un- 
signed article in the Melbourne, Australia, Leader in 
1 88 1. He said that one attraction of the game is the 
possibility of reducing any given position to an absolute- 
ly certain conclusion. With admirable acuteness he also 
remarked : " The game of draughts affords a glimpse 
of finality, which the human mind so ardently longs 
for." 

Before the month of July, 1855, there was no organi- 
zation or authority among the scattered hosts of play- 
ers in America, but early in that month the New York 
Clipper started the pioneer department of the world de- 
voted to the game of checkers, or " chequers " as there 



1 6 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

spelled, with I. D. J. Sweet as editor. The Philidorian 
published in London by George Walker, in 1837, con- 
tained a few checker problems, and there may have been 
some contributions on the subject in other periodicals, 
but the Clipper department is regarded as the first bona 
fide " checker column." It at once became the mouth- 
piece of the advanced players of the day. 

Scotland, and Glasgow in particular, was where the 
game flourished at its best. There it had reached a 
higher stage of development than in America. Ander- 
son's second edition, published in Glasgow in 1852, was 
a grandly successful attempt to give the pastime a body 
of rules, forms and regulations, completely embracing 
the points on which an authority was needed. It sys- 
tematized the procedure in the matter of recording, 
classifying and naming openings and complete games, 
and, aided by the soundness of the play it contained, it 
at once raised a haphazard art to the dignity of a science 
— classified knowledge. 

In the early fifties there were few players in the 
United States whose names were known in distant lo- 
calities. Among those having something like a national 
reputation were L. L. Hodges, of Buffalo ; C. A. Little- 
field and F. M. Adams, of Boston ; W. R. Bethel and 
A. D. Vanatta, of Philadelphia, and W. Hines, of New 
York. Hines was regarded as unquestionably the 
strongest player in the metropolis, and perhaps in the 
country. 



Chapter III. 
THE DRYSDALE ERA. 

Another event took place in the year 1855 which, even 
more than the starting of the Clipper column, gave 
checkers what may be justly styled a tremendous boost. 
It was in that year that A. J. Drysdale, a distinguished 
player of Scotland, arrived in New York, soon to start 
on a tour of the country in which he defeated every 
player who could be induced to meet him, including 
those mentioned on a preceding page. He then pro- 
claimed himself champion, and offered to play anyone 
in the United States a match of thirty to fifty games 
for $250 to $1,000. The challenge remained open with- 
out takers until October, 1859, when Drysdale resigned 
the title. 

The popularity of the game spread with great rapidity 
during the years of Drysdale's championship. In 1857 
Porter's Spirit of the Times started a column, succeeded 
by Wilke's Spirit of the Times in 1859, the Chicago 
Leader in the same year, the American Sportsman in 
i860, and the Household Journal in 1861. In the 
meantime D. Scattergood's " Game of Draughts or 
Checkers " was issued in Philadelphia, in 1859, anc * 
I. D. J. Sweet's " Elements of Draughts " in the same 
year in New York. Henry Spayth's famous "A. D. 

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1 8 R. D. YATES., CHECKER PLAYER. 

P.," — American Draught Player — issued in i860, was 
the crowning event of five years of memorable growth 
and activity in every phase of the pastime. 



Chapter IV. 

THE CLUTE-MACINDOE PERIOD. 

A season of inaction lasting through the years of the 
Rebellion was broken into by the formation of the 
Metropolitan Draught Club, in September, 1864, with 
headquarters at the Mercantile Hotel, 168 Duane street, 
New York. With W. H. Burr as President, and A. J. 
Dunlap as Secretary, the complete enrollment was as 
follows : 

A. H. Phillips. E. L. Hickok. 

A. J. Dunlap. C. A. Luhrs. 

J. Williams. H. Castle. 

J. Cassin. H. E. Carrick. 

J. H. Simonson. S. T. Freeman. 

A. Neidermeyer. I. Clute. 

G. Acorn. G. T. Reeder. 

W. H. Burr. G. Thompson. 

T. Douglas. S. Chisholm. 

J. Donley. I. D. J. Sweet. 

A year later, August 25, 1865, the Secretary of the 
Club, A. J. Dunlap, started the famous checker column 
of the Turf, Field and Farm. This was the beginning 
of Dunlap's prominence, which lasted undiminished un- 
til the day of his formal good-by to the readers of the 

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20 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Turf in the issue of that publication of July 31, 1891. 
During this entire time, a period of over a quarter of a 
century, Dunlap and the Turf were the recognized court 
of last resort for the followers of the pastime in Amer- 
ica. He was foremost, or at any rate most conspicuous, 
next to the principals, in all the great matches in this 
country during the period of his activity. His death 
took place September 30, 1891, two months after laying 
down his checker work. 

In 1865 the Turf was asked for the names of the best 
players in the country at that time, and on October 14 
gave this as the list : 

Philadelphia— Bethel, Vanatta, Hull. 
Boston — Littlefield, Adams, Taylor. 
Brooklyn — Burr, Parker, Phillips, Brown, Hickok. 
Buffalo — Mugridge, Geo. ; Mugridge, J. A. ; Spayth, 
Hodges. 

Rochester — Boughton. 

Wellsville, N. Y.— Mercer. 

Elyria, O. — Northrop. 

New York — Luhrs, Clute, Hines, Neidermeyer. 

The Metropolitan Club started a tournament, with a 
miniature silver checker-board, two and a half inches 
square, as the first prize. It was awarded to Melvin 
Brown in May, 1865, with Burr and Hickok tied for 
second and third prizes, $10 and $5. On one side were 
the names of the " fathers of the game," chosen as fol- 
lows: Payne, Sturges, Anderson, Wyllie, Mcintosh, 
Martins, Drummond, Sinclair, Hay, Drysdale. On the 
reverse side was an end game position. This medal 



THE CLUTE-MACINDOE PERIOD. 21 

was afterward the cause of considerable newspaper 
talk, when it was offered by Yates as an emblem of the 
world's championship. 

The Metropolitan championship and medal were won 
from Brown by Burr, who in turn lost it to Dr. Isaac 
Clute in 1866. 

Then the subject of the national championship became 
the important topic, and Dr. Clute, after playing a 
drawn match for $200 a side with J. B. Tees, of Phila- 
delphia, issued a challenge, dated December 23, 1867, 
to any draught player for $500 a side, and he put up 
$50 forfeit with Dunlap. He then claimed to be 
" Draught Champion of America," and was sustained 
in this assumption by the followers of the game, as he 
stood ready to defend his claim to the title. 

The challenge remained without takers until J. B. 
Macindoe took it up. He arrived in this country in 
June, 1870, from the same town, Glasgow, that the 
other Scotchman, Drysdale, had come from. Macindoe 
had made a reputation as a player in Scotland, and soon 
after his arrival he accepted Clute's challenge, and they 
played a match for the championship and $50, to be 
decided in favor of the player getting the first three 
wins. This match took place in November, 1870, the 
score being : Clute, 3 ; Macindoe, 2 ; drawn, 27. Both 
contestants were lovers of the game as well as genuine 
sportsmen, and Clute eagerly gave Macindoe another 
chance. This, the second meeting, occurred in the suc- 
ceeding February, 1871, for the championship and $200 
a side, to be determined by the first three wins, as be- 
fore. That score was as follows : Macindoe, 3 ; Clute, 
1 ; drawn, 24. 



22 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

At the conclusion of this match the Turf announced 
that Macindoe had proved himself to be the best player 
in the United States. 

Macindoe was recognized by those who came into 
contact with him as an accomplished, well-trained man 
— in fact, an intellectual brilliant in the firmament of 
checkers. Dunlap gave way to him as editor of the 
Turf column, with the magnanimous assertion that the 
Scotchman was better equipped to run the department 
than he, Dunlap, had ever been, or could ever hope to 
be. Macindoe's name appeared over the column during 
the two years from January, 1872, to December, 1873* 
Dunlap resumed the editorship some time in 1873, re- 
taining Macindoe's name at the top, although the latter 
had gone to Canada with a fatal illness, stopping on 
his way at Portland, Me. Here he lost two games to 
W. H. Broughton, champion of the State, and one of 
the strongest American players of the time. 

Some cutting comment on this event by a contempo- 
rary who had at last found a chance to hit back effec- 
tively, brought out a reply from Macindoe in the Turf 
of April 18 of that year, which deserves quotation as a 
model of manliness and checker etiquette, as follows : 

u We were beaten by Mr. Broughton in good style. 
We always play whenever we get a chance; never re- 
fuse an invitation to play, sick or well; always ready, 
always willing." 



Chapter V. 
A SURVEY OF THE BATTLEFIELD. 

The condition of the game, that is, the stage of ad- 
vancement into the practically bottomless depths of the 
play, that had been reached by the experts in this coun- 
try at the time Yates appeared on the scene, must be 
understood if one would appreciate the nature of the 
task he had before him when he started to conquer the 
world of checkers. 

The unmistakable superiority of Drysdale and Macin- 
doe to American players gave rise to the popular feeling 
that there must be something in the composition of the 
atmosphere of Scotland that made Scotchmen naturally 
better players than Americans. The editor of the Clip- 
per was even asked by a correspondent to endorse this 
impression. His reply was that such an assumption 
was undoubtedly fallacious. Then he dropped into 
italics with a chiding note in his remarks thus: 

" One reason why Scotchmen play draughts well is 
because they pay attention and exert themselves." 

It perhaps did not occur to him to admit also that the 
game had been developed to a greater degree in Scot- 
land than elsewhere. This fact, however, was clearly 
comprehended by Macindoe, who said of the New York 
players : 

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24 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

" A always has one way of opening the game (or sub- 
opening it, we might say), B another and C a third. 
Whenever we sit down to play I know just how they 
will go on. So I rattle through my side, and have all 
the board to choose from in my attacks. And they call 
that playing checkers." 

This narrow horizon had been also publicly referred 
to by Janvier, the premier critic from the early days of 
the Clipper column, when he signed himself " Nemo." 
In this instance the reflection fell on the methods of 
proficients everywhere. He said: 

" A very numerous class contend that Anderson's 
work embraces and distinguishes every opening which 
an advanced player would use in an unrestricted match, 
and look with contempt at every attempt to extend the 
system." 

Another significant observation from the same source 
runs: 

" The objection that there is not published play on 
many proposed openings is wholly devoid of force. As 
well might you object to laying off the site of a town 
because there were no buildings on the lots. Other 
players will come after us when we leave the stage, and 
we may safely rely upon them to fill out our plans and 
build up the vacant spots." 

In a letter dated March 30, 1870, Janvier made this 
astonishing statement : 

" Out of 15,000 published games I have collected in 
my manuscripts from various books and periodicals 



A SURVEY OF THE BATTLEFIELD. *5 

about 14,500 begin with n-15, and half the rest with 
11-16, leaving only about 250 to be divided among the 
other five." 

It was the slavish adherence of the American players 
to these hard beaten paths that gave the powerful 
Scotchmen their opportunities, rather than any radical 
difference in brain construction. They knew, as a later 
writer put it, that " draughts is capable of yielding mine 
after mine of virgin ore/' 

No wonder then that when the greatest of the Scotch 
players (and the greatest all-around checker figure the 
world has ever known) came to America, he mowed 
down the best the country could produce in a way that 
showed how easily he outclassed them all. 

It was this giant, Wyllie, that this David (Yates's 
middle name being David) was called upon to conquer. 
To do this he must first learn more of the secrets of the 
game than any American had yet mastered. 



Chapter VI. 

THE YATES EPOCH. 

On June 6, 1873, the first public mention of Yates as 
a checker player was made. The entire article, which 
appeared in the Turf under the heading, " The Rising 
Generation," is as follows: 

" Although the precocity of Young America has been 
long an established fact, it is not till lately that the game 
of checkers began to furnish prominent examples. The 
exploits of a Boston boy were lately made known to 
the world in these columns. We have now to notice 
another youthful prodigy, who began about a year ago 
to attract attention to his aptitude for the game. Master 
Thomas Yates, residing in Brooklyn, has at the early 
age of fifteen made such progress as to have succeeded 
in mastering all the metropolitan players, except those, 
who, in Scotch slang, are called the ' cracks/ and even 
the best of these have received satisfactory lessons at 
his hands. If we are any judge, there is here the mak- 
ing of a true draught player, and the boy will be father 
of the man." 

The Boston boy referred to in this article was W. R. 
Barker. The error of the name, " Thomas " Yates for 
Robert Yates, is excusable on the ground of first ap- 
pearance. 

26 



THE YATES EPOCH. 27 

Two months previous to the appearance of this article 
an item in a Boston daily, headed " A Youthful Prodigy 
at Checkers/' referred to W. R. Barker thus : 

" A lad about fifteen years old, who lives in this city, 
has just beaten Mr. Broughton, the champion checker 
player of Maine, leading him one game in a series of 
thirty games played." 

Still another youthful expert started for the front at 
this time, as appears from the following, from the Turf 
of June 13, 1873 : 

" Mr. Priest, the young Jersey player, is playing hob 
with the New York and Brooklyn draught players, lead- 
ing each in scores, except ' the boy ' Yates, who stands 
about even." 

On October 24, 1873, this simple announcement ap- 
peared in the Turf : 

" Wyllie arrived Monday, in good health, by the City 
of Richmond." 

This was the beginning of the famous Herd Laddie's 
first trip to America, which was prolonged into a three 
years' tour of the United States and Canada, lasting 
from October, 1873, to September, 1876. His second 
visit was made in 1881. 

A series of games with the leading players was at 
once arranged, to take place at Miller's Dey Street 
House. The earnestness of the great conqueror soon 
became apparent. On one occasion, while resting him- 
self, an admirer, thinking to help him pass the time 
agreeably, offered him a copy of a Scottish-American 
paper. Before offering to take it Wyllie asked if there 



28 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 



was a draught column in it, and on being told that there 
was not, he curtly replied : " Then I dinna want it." 

Wyllie took on his chosen opponents one at a time 
with the following result : 

Wyllie 



4 
4 

• 3 
. 6 
. 6 

2 

. 8 

2 

4 
. 48 

• I? 

• 9 
•173 



Avery o 

Burr o 

Allen 1 

Brown 1 

Yates 1 

Pierce o 

Thompson o 

Marsh o 

Priest o 

Hodges 1 

Copeland 1 

Howie 1 

All others o 



Drawn 1 

6 

3 

5 

6 

2 

3 

o 

2 

6 

2 

o 

4 



Total 286 



40 



Wyllie went to Boston immediately after this, and 
had a similar degree of success. W. R. Barker had 
signed himself " Champion of the United States " in a 
card in the Boston Herald, November 10, 1873; but 
the great Scotchman was no respecter of checker titles, 
and his score with the Barker brothers at that time was 
as follows: 



Wyllie 10 

" 10 



W. R. Barker.. 1 
C. F. Barker 3 



Drawn 33 

" 7 



The work of the future " Stonewall " is thus com- 
mented on by a reviewer : 

" C. F. Barker is a youth of sixteen years, and by the 
score made is equal to, if not excelling, his older brother 
as a player." 



THE YATES EPOCH. 29 

In April of the next year, 1874, Yates finished a 
friendly contest with S. T. Allen of one hundred games, 
played during the winter, with this result : Yates, 38 ; 
Allen, 12 ; drawn, 50. 

The following June Priest met the New York players 
to this efifect : 

Priest 11 Allen 4 Drawn 10 



H 

it 


4 

8 


Yates 

Brown 

Burr 

Carrick 

Hare 


. ... 11 
.... 5 
.... 5 
. . . . 2 

3 


11 

< .... 10 


(t 

a 


7 

12 


' 25 

u 2 


(( 


8 


2 



By this time the strength that was in the coming 
champion had begun to attract serious attention, and on 
July 3, 1874, the announcement got into print that W. 
R. Barker was " quite anxious for a shy at Boy Yates." 

In October of the same year, 1874, another friendly 
match between Yates and S. T. Allen was finished thus : 
Yates, 33 ; Allen, 8 ; drawn, 59. 

Two months later, on December 4, 1874, in response 
to a statement that W. R. Barker " would like to hear 
from the gentleman in New York who is betting on 
Yates/' Dunlap replied: 

" We are authorized to state that Mr. Yates plays 
checkers for amusement only, and if Mr. Barker would 
make it convenient to visit this city Mr. Yates would be 
happy to play him a match of twenty to thirty games 
for the fun of it any time." 

A month later, in January, 1875, the Portland player, 
Broughton, defeated all the leading New York players 
but one, the principal scores being: 



30 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Broughton 9 Yates 10 Drawn 14 

" 14 Burr 7 " 15 

" 11 Brown 3 " 19 

8 Allen o " 2 

In the succeeding month, February, the third friendly 
match between Yates and S. T. Allen ended this way : 
Yates, 16; Allen, 4; drawn, 30. 

It was now time to recognize the fact that Yates was 
important, and on August 6, 1875, W. R. Barker was 
announced in New York. He was accompanied by his 
brother, Charles Francis. The score of this meeting 
was: W. R. Barker, 5; Yates, 1; drawn, 41. The 
friends of Yates were well pleased with this score, as 
W. R. Barker was the recognized champion of the 
United States. 

Two other interesting scores are to be noted as oc- 
curring at this time, August, 1875: 

Yates 6 C. F. Barker. . . . o Drawn 3 

" 7 Priest... o " 11 

In the succeeding December Broughton again played 
in New York, these being the principal results : 



Broughton . . . 


. . 3 Yates 


3 


Drawn 


4 


u 


. . 2 Pierce 


.... 5 


tt 


. . . . 


a 


. . 2 Brown 


. . . . 2 


a 


. . . . 



A month later, January, 1876, Broughton's third visit 
to New York yielded this score : 

Broughton 3 Yates 1 Drawn 4 

" 2 Dempster o " o 

It was now over two years that Wyllie had been 
touring the country, and Yates in the meantime had 
been steadily advancing in his knowledge of the checker- 



THE YATES EPOCH. 3 1 

board. A meeting between the two when Wyllie 
reached New York was looked forward to with keen 
expectancy by the followers of the pastime in the 
metropolis. The story of this meeting, and the 
effect it produced, may be most satisfactorily told by 
giving the report of it printed in the Turf, under the 
headline, " Exhibition Games — Wyllie and Yates," 
March 10, 1876, as follows: 

" The friendly contest agreed on to be played between 
the above named players at the St. Charles Billiard 
Rooms came to a close on Saturday evening last by 
twenty-four games being played, four games each even- 
ing, with the astonishing result of Mr. Yates the victor 
of two games, and not one for the champion. This was 
unexpected, and a complete surprise to the friends of 
both players. Although the friends of Mr. Yates were 
confident he could make a good score, they little ex- 
pected he would defeat Mr. Wyllie. Another match of 
twenty-four games will probably be played in Brooklyn, 
the residence of Mr. Yates, in the course of two or three 
weeks." 

A second meeting was speedily arranged, and the re- 
sult reported in the Turf, April 7, 1876, under the same 
heading as before, as follows : 

" The second series of games between these two play- 
ers commenced at Sherar's Saloon, 126 Fulton street, 
Brooklyn, on Monday evening, the 27th ult. Much in- 
terest was taken in the series by the players, as it was 
expected that Mr. Wyllie would wipe out the previous 
score, and give his youthful opponent some new points 



32 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

not dreamed of in his philosophy of the game. But 
fate decreed otherwise, and Yates came off the victor. 
Twenty-six games in all were played, making a total 
score of fifty games in both series of thirteen nights' 
play. Score of the second meeting : Yates, 5 ; Wyllie, 
1 ; drawn, 20." 

The effect of these two meetings, which were, as the 
headlines distinctly indicate, exhibition matches, was to 
create a demand for the real thing — a bona fide match 
for the championship of the world. This was brought 
about without undue delay, and the details were set 
forth as follows in the Turf for August 11, 1876: 

" We hereby agree to play a match at checkers, con- 
sisting of fifty games, wins and draws to count, for the 
championship of the world; said match to be played 
according to Anderson's rules, and to commence at the 
rooms of T. Doran, 452 Fulton street, Brooklyn, on 
Monday, August 17, 1876, at 7 o'clock, p. m., to be 
continued from day to day from 7 p. m. until 10 p. m., 
until finished. 

" James Wyllie. 

" Robert D. Yates/' 
New York, July 24, 1876. 

Following is the comment accompanying this an- 
nouncement : 

" As it has been intimated in some quarters that there 
is no match to be played, we give the articles above as 
written, and play will surely commence as above dated. 
No stake is played for, out of regard for Mr. Yates, 
but Mr. Wyllie plays for admittance money, to whom 
Mr. Yates very generously donates his share of the 



THE YATES EPOCH. 33 

proceeds. From the well known ability of the two play- 
ers, a large attendance is expected, and players will 
be treated to the finest play ever seen over the board." 

These articles were drawn by Melvin Brown, and 
their execution was witnessed by him. They are at this 
writing in his possession. As Yates objected to playing 
for money, no money was at stake so far as he was 
concerned. But there was an outside stake of $100 on 
the match, one-half of which was contributed by Brown, 
Dunlap, Charles Kelly, John O. Fairchild, and M. W. 
Doran. Dunlap was stakeholder. Who furnished the 
other $50 was not known until long afterward, when 
Dunlap stated that he himself had put up the money 
Wyllie lost. Brown, Dunlap and the other contributors 
received their respective shares of the stake, and no 
part of it was ever paid to Yates. 

The report of the result of the match, headed " Young 
America Wins," is given in the Turf for September 8, 
1876, as follows: 

" The match for the championship of the world be- 
tween Mr. Wyllie and Mr. Yates terminated on the 31st 
ult., after a close contest of sixteen days, in favor of the 
latter gentleman, with the score of : Yates, 2 ; Wyllie, 
1 ; drawn, 47. 

" After a successful tour of more than three years 
throughout the United States and Canada, Mr. Wyllie 
returns home by to-morrow's steamer. His visit has 
been a success financially, having earned over $3,000, 
a very agreeable sum to draw on in his old age. His 
playing has been a success unparalleled, having played 
over 12,000 games, winning over 11,000, losing about 



34 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

50, and the balance being drawn. But at the last mo- 
ment, just on leaving for home, he meets the young 
player, Yates, and is defeated in a match for honors. 
The old veteran has battled for a lifetime at the game, 
and for the past twenty years has successfully held the 
title of champion of the world ; but age must give way 
to youth, and he is no exception to the law of fate." 

The following summary of the Wyllie-Yates encoun- 
ters shows the results of their four battles : 

In 1873. . .Yates o Wyllie 1 Drawn. 3 

it ic 1 U (l 

In 1876... " 7 " 1 " 42 

" .. " 2 " 1 " 47 

John Busby, who had coached Wyllie, and was noted 
on both sides of the Atlantic as an ambitious player, 
had lost fifteen games to Yates in August, 1876, while 
winning one and drawing thirteen. Not being able to 
account to himself satisfactorily for the decisiveness of 
his defeat, Busby sought another encounter, and was 
accommodated. He was thrashed by a score of seven 
to nothing and one drawn. In recording the result of 
this meeting the Turf of September 29, 1876, grimly 
remarks : " He left disheartened." 

During this month of September, R. E. Bowen, the 
noted analyst and player of Millbury, Mass., made this 
score with the New Yorkers : 
Bowen 2 Yates 8 Drawn . 2 



3 Brown 1 

4 Pierce. 2 

4 Allen. 1 

3 Lightfoot 3 

6 Doran 2 

1 Dempster 1 



8 
6 
6 
6 



THE YATES EPOCH. 35 

In October, 1876, Yates visited the great Centennial 
Exposition in Philadelphia and played a few games 
with Janvier, Denny, and others, winning 37, losing o, 
and drawing 6. 

Although the championship of the world had been 
won by the defeat of Wyllie, the supremacy of Yates 
was not indisputably clear in the minds of those who 
regarded the English champion the full equal as a 
cross-board player of either. So a meeting between 
Yates and Martins became a foregone conclusion. 

Martins arrived in America in good health and 
spirits in July, 1876, and in February, 1877, while in 
Buffalo, N. Y., sent his challenge to Yates. They 
finally came together in June, 1877. The Turf of June 
1, 1877, contains the following report, headed " The 
Championship Match " : 

" This match was concluded on Monday evening 
after a long and close contest of nineteen evenings' 
play, in favor of Mr. Yates, he still retaining the title 
of ' Draught Champion of the World.' Mr. Martins 
was not in the best trim for the match, not having the 
practice necessary for a contest so close as this has 
proved. Still he battled the young champion sharply, 
but he was able to get in but one single point, and that 
in the first game, which was more the carelessness of 
Yates than the ability of Martins. Whatever advance 
Martins made Yates was ready for him, and he finally 
gave it up, with the opinion that Yates was so well 
posted on every move in every variation that there was 
no hope, no chance to catch him on a single move on 
which to defeat him. 



36 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

" Total score: Yates, 3; Martins, 1; drawn, 45; 
total, 49." 

In December, 1877, Yates went to New Haven, 
where he won thirty games, drew a few, and lost one, 
to Lightfoot. At Providence the next day he made 
the following score : 

Yates, 



5 

4 

1 


Merry 

Freeman, . . . 

Hill 

All others 


. . 
. . 
. . 
. . 1 


Drawn 

a 
(( 
a 


. . . . 2 

4 

. . . . 4 


27 


28 



He played in Boston Christmas week with the lead- 
ing players, including W. R. Barker, who made his 
last appearance in the checker arena on this occasion. 
A prize had been offered for the best score, which was 
won by the future champion, C. F. Barker. The total 
results of the week in Boston are as follows : 

Yates 



3 


W. R. Barker. . 


. 1 Drawn 


6 





C. F. Barker. . . 


. " 


6 


5 


R. A. Davis. . . 


. 1 " 


. . . . 


1 


R. E. Bowen.. . 


. " 


.... 5 


3 


A.J. Heffner. . 


. " 


3 


1 


G. D. Bugbee. . 


. " 


.... 5 


3 


C. Hefter 


. " .... 


3 


2 


W. C. Parrow. 


. .0 " 


6 


12 


All others 


. " .... 


14 



Returning to New York by way of Springfield, he 
made the following record in that city : 

Yates 4 

" 34 



G.B.Allen o 

All others o 



Drawn 3 

" 6 



With the close of the year 1877, the career of Yates 
as a checker player came to an end, except as to occa- 



THE YATES EPOCH. 37 

sional events of no special significance. In February, 
1878, for instance, he visited Albany, and played a 
dozen simultaneous games without losing one; in a 
ten-game bout with Robinson, the leading player, he 
won four, with six drawn. He also on this occasion 
played blindfolded against E. L. Fitzpatrick, of Troy, 
and McFarlane, of Albany, winning both games. 

In March, A. H. Mercer, of Buffalo, visited New 
York, and was beaten by Yates two to nothing and 
five drawn. 

At about the same time Northrop, the successful 
Ohio expert, played a number of games with Yates, 
who showed his great superiority by winning nearly 
every one of them. Lightfoot, of New Haven, also 
tried to get a game from Yates, but did not succeed in 
scoring even one. 

Arrangements for another match between Yates and 
Wyllie had been all but completed when Yates resigned 
the championship for the reasons set forth in the fol- 
lowing article, which appeared in the Turf, March 
29, 1878: 

" The announcement in our columns of the 8th inst. 
that articles had gone forward to Mr. Wyllie was a 
little premature. While the friends of Mr. Yates were 
arranging matters relating to the forthcoming match, 
Mr. Yates himself was arranging matters more remu- 
nerative and of more lasting benefit to himself in the 
future by taking up the study of medicine, and after 
coming to that determination made application at the 
college for entry at the beginning of the fall term, 
immediately after the match would be terminated be- 



3? R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

tween himself and Mr. Wyllie, when to his surprise 
he found he must enter at once in order to be eligible 
to enter for that term. He concluded to do so, and 
has entered the college, and now he authorizes us to 
state that he resigns his title as draught champion of 
the world, and will only play the game when it does 
not interfere with his studies. 

" This will be a disappointment to the draught play- 
ers of the old world as well as to those of the new, as 
all had anticipated that a great and exciting match 
would be contended by the two giants of the game. 
But they will all agree that Mr. Yates has decided on 
the wisest course, and we also state on his retiring from 
the field of checkers that he carries with him the esteem 
and respect of all who ever came in contact with him 
across the board/' 

The only interesting scores made by Yates after his 
resignation are : 

Yates 2 Priest o Drawn 4 

" 2 Davie o " .2 

" 1 Reed 1 " 3 

" 1 Moir 1 " 1 

The last score worth recording, that with James 
Moir, of Tillicoultry, was made in June, 1881. 

The death of Yates occurred in 1885. During the 
last four years of his life he devoted his time and en- 
ergy to his profession, and his retirement from the 
game of checkers was recognized with respect by his 
former opponents. 



Chapter VII. 
CHILDHOOD AND MANHOOD. 

When about three years of age the future cham- 
pion, while walking with his mother one day, came 
to a standstill before the window of a toy store, and, 
pointing to a checker-board conspicuously displayed 
there, refused to go on without it. The child took so 
determined a stand that his mother was forced to buy 
it for him. Then, according to the story often told by 
his mother in after years, the toddler marched along 
as happy as a prospector who had discovered a pocket 
of gold. 

The writer of these lines had secretly hoped not to 
run across any infant legends of the kind, but as this 
one was always told in the family without attaching 
any significance to it other than as an amusing co- 
incidence, it is here given without further apology. 

The first knowledge of the game the boy received 
came several years later through a playmate named 
Joshua R. Weeks. The latter, during a visit in Sullivan 
County, N. Y., had learned how to place the board 
and men, how to move and jump, how to make a king, 
and the few simple rules of the game, which, on his 
return to Brooklyn, he imparted to his friend. 

At first Yates played on doorsteps in the neighbor- 

39 



40 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

hood, marking off the squares when a game was pro- 
posed, and using pieces of brick and coal for men. 
Soon he found boys at school who knew the game, and 
after awhile he discovered other players in the Union 
for Christian Work, in Fulton street. 

There is no hearsay or other record to indicate that 
Yates showed during this period any superiority as a 
player. He did not know, in fact, that the game is a 
science as well as a pastime. This knowledge came to 
him through the De Con brothers, of Brooklyn, of 
whom A. J. De Con had been a well-known expert 
since the early days of Hines and Drysdale — in fact, 
was one of the first to play blindfold checkers in this 
country. 

The De Cons opened a new world to the intellect of 
the quiet boy with the inquiring mind, and he drifted 
inevitably into the haunts of the checker scientists of 
New York. Here he soon became known as " the 
boy," but not much attention was paid to him by the 
older regulars. About the first impression he made 
on them was in his games with the " Wall Street 
Champion," Scoville, or " Old Scoville," as the onlook- 
ers referred to him when playing with " the boy/' 

An active checkerist of those days described it as a 
" comical sight " to see the pair at play. The serious 
faced boy would walk with hardly a side glance straight 
to the chair where sat the stern veteran, and after de- 
positing his hat on the floor by his side proceed to move 
the pieces without paying the slightest attention to the 
banter and bluster of his antique opponent. At the 
conclusion of the sitting " the boy " as silently and se- 
dately passed out of the room. 



f CHILDHOOD AND MANHOOD. 4 1 

His playing did not make any unusual impression, 
and when Wyllie met the leading players of the metrop- 
olis in turn, " the boy " was asked to take a seat as a 
filler-in. It was not long, however, before his right to 
the seat was unquestioned. 

When his ambition to get under the surface of the 
game began to urge him forward, he obtained, on the 
advice of one of the experienced followers of the pas- 
time, a copy of the American Draught Player, and ac- 
tually started in to learn every variation in the book. 
He said he supposed that was the proper way to learn 
to be a good checker player. He was told that a 
checker book is not to be regarded as a servant for all 
occasions, but rather as a friend and counselor when 
advice is needed. His friends convinced him that it is 
better to know a lot about one opening than a little 
about a lot of openings. 

Besides the American Draught Player, he gradually 
acquired Scattergood's, Sweet's, Drummond's and An- 
derson's treatises, and in time had the usual scrap- 
books of newspaper columns, and a few manuscript 
books, with corrections and original play here and 
there, but including nothing out of the ordinary. The 
books which finally became most useful to him were 
compilations of play made by Melvin Brown. When 
the match with Wyllie was decided on, Brown was 
able to put into the hands of Yates all the games of 
the Scotchman that could be found anywhere in print. 
The same thing was done when the match with Mar- 
tins was arranged. That was the kind of checker 
book Yates liked. 

He had a pocket checker-board that he used to carry 



42 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

when traveling. When on a trip on the boat or cars 
he would pass the board to any opponent that might 
be with him, and call out his moves as in blindfold 
play. 

A habit contracted in his early boyhood led to an 
event that greatly increased his familiarity with the 
board. He was very fond of reading in bed, and in- 
dulged in this practice so much that he injured his eyes, 
and was ordered by his physician to remain in a dark 
room for several weeks, under penalty of the loss of 
his eyesight. His solace during this lonely retirement 
was checkers, which he could play without injury. 
How much he learned about the game in those long 
days is not known, but his family regard that time as 
the main source and cause of his checker career. 

The date of the birth of R. D. Yates is December 22, 
1857. Brooklyn, N. Y., was his birthplace and home 
during his life of twenty-eight years. His father, 
Robert Yates, was born in Scotland, December 19, 
1826. R. D. Yates's grandfather on his father's side 
was a Scotchman, a soldier by occupation. R. D. 
Yates's mother was born in the north of Ireland, and 
was eight years younger than her husband. They be- 
came acquainted in this country, and married here. 
There were ten children, six boys and four girls. 

Robert David Yates was the first born. The name 
Robert was given to him in honor of his father, and 
the name David was given to him in honor of the book 
of books. It is believed that he inherited his love of 
the game from his father, who, though not a player 
himself, was ardently fond of all kinds of intricate 



CHILDHOOD AND MANHOOD. 43 

knowledge, the bent of his mind in this direction being 
noticeable. 

J.t was not until May, 1873, that Yates began to con- 
tribute to the literature of the game. He wrote under 
the nom de plume of Ammi A. Blackman, and his com- 
munications at once commanded respect for his ability, 
the editor of the Turf column remarking : " In thank- 
ing our correspondent we take the opportunity to con- 
gratulate this column on the acquisition of a new con- 
tributor of such skill and accuracy as Mr. Blackman." 

Yates was essentially a player, and not at all given 
to controversy. He had no fondness for any depart- 
ment of the game except the live contest across the 
board. He was, however, the editor of the checker 
columns of two periodicals. The first was that of The 
Boys of the World, which he began and conducted from 
November n 2 1875, to April 19, 1877, when it was dis- 
continued. He then started a column in a monthly 
known as Dexter Smith's Paper. This began in April, 
1877, an d was discontinued in October, 1878. Both 
these columns were conducted in an able but ordinary 
way, with few notes and very little news or gossip. 

A curious feature of the column in Dexter Smith's 
Paper was printing the numbers of all the outside 
squares as a kind of border to the problem diagrams 
for the convenience of readers who were not students 
of the game. 

There also appeared in the same publication an aston- 
ishing conundrum, which shows how that great boy, 
like many great men, loved nonsense for nonsense sake. 
This is the masterpiece : 



44 R- D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

" What is the difference between young Peter Doran 
(of the Brooklyn checker headquarters) and a defunct 
lark?" 

" One's Doran's son, and the other's soarin's done/' 

He liked fun as well as nonsense, and was always 
ready for it. A blind checker player in South Brooklyn 
enjoyed a good joke also, even at his own expense, 
and some friends asked Yates to visit the blind man, 
and to be a deaf and dumb man for the occasion. He 
readily consented, and during the sitting the spectators 
made the most damaging and absurd remarks about 
the personal appearance and character of the deaf and 
dumb man they could invent. Yates went through the 
ordeal in a torment of suppressed laughter, while the 
blind man bubbled and chuckled at each new sally. 
The fun of the affair was not spoiled by the " dummy " 
or his audience, and when the blind man was informed 
of the prank of the great player he was again pleased. 

This fun-loving propensity was remarked by a writer 
in the New England Checker Player in this way : 

" Yates has a dry humor that frequently leads him 
to stroll into resorts of checker players and engage 
strangers at play. He has a slow, unpretentious man- 
ner, that, added to his youthfulness, throws strangers 
entirely off their guard. After he has enjoyed their 
chagrin at being beaten by a boy, he engages in con- 
versation with them, and relieves their annoyance by 
letting it leak out that his name is Yates. There are 
no stakes on such games." 

The New England Checker Player also records an- 



CHILDHOOD AND MANHOOD. 45 

other characteristic incident. An Albany player wrote 
to a Brooklyn friend that he would like to meet some 
good player in correspondence. Yates, under the name 
of his friend, H. C. McDonald, agreed to accommodate 
him. After a while the Albany player found himself 
hard pressed, and the correspondence ended in a dis- 
pute. A few years later the Albany man wrote to a 
New York publication inquiring whether Wyllie had 
ever been defeated. He received the reply : " Yes, 
by your old antagonist." The letter was signed by 
Yates. 

The impression the character and personality of 
Yates made on his contemporaries is not less marked 
than that of his ability as a player. All the testimony 
in print or by word of mouth points the same way. 
The following from the Boston Globe, January 2, 1878, 
of which C. M. Wilder was the editor, epitomizes it all : 

" We can only say that Mr. Yates is irresistibly 
attractive personally, and makes friends at sight. 
Draught players of every degree of strength and all 
shades of opinion on matters connected with the cham- 
pionship unite in cordial expressions of admiration of 
him, not alone as a wonder of wonders, but as a splen- 
did specimen of a young gentleman." 

It was in March, 1881, that Yates was graduated 
from the medical college in New York. On June 24, 
1881, the Turf announced the severance of all ties with 
the game in these few words : 

" Ex-Champion Yates gives checkers the go-by and 
plays chess." 



46 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

He was a member of Plymouth Church under Henry 
Ward Beecher. His love for high-grade music was so 
pronounced that he was at one period a constant at- 
tendant at the best operas and concerts with a musician 
as a companion. 

He became a staff physician in the Flatbush Hos- 
pital. In 1885 he was appointed physician on a steamer 
of the Rotterdam line, and died at sea of typhus fever 
on his first trip at the age of twenty-eight years. He 
was buried at sea. 



Chapter VIII. 
THE MEDAL EPISODE. 

Like his manly predecessor, Macindoe, Yates was a 
willing player. 

In a characteristic announcement in October, 1876, 
he said he would play Broughton or anyone else visit- 
ing the city, after business hours, a few friendly off- 
hand games; but he declined to play a match of any 
certain number of games without a notice of at least 
sixty days. It was one of his fixed conditions in match 
play that he should have time to prepare for the con- 
test. He was always superior to the allurements of 
carlessness or indifference, and this may to some ex- 
tent account for the notable soundness of his judgment 
in all matters. That he made an error in judgment in 
the medal affair, however, need not be doubted, but it 
is equally certain that it was a harmless one. 

In those days abusive language seemed to be re- 
garded as essential to controversies in checker columns, 
and some very picturesque phraseology is to be found 
here and there in wordy encounters. Yates was a 
shining exception to the general rule. 

A letter dated November 8, 1876, signed by Yates 
and addressed to the draught players of the world, in- 
troduced the medal controversy as follows : 

47 



4$ R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

" By unexpected good fortune I have come into pos- 
session of the draught championship of the world, and 
in consequence of the recent challenge of Messrs. 
Broughton and Barker to me, it is but proper that I 
should define the terms under which I am willing to 
play for that honor now and at all times hereafter. 

" It is well known that I object to play for money, 
and on that account it is not easy to find a plan whereby 
I may give every player an opportunity to win that 
honor, and at the same time protect myself from chal- 
lenges by any player who may be about to visit New 
York, and who would like to play for the championship 
so long as it costs nothing to do so. 

" The best plan that has suggested itself to me is as 
follows : 

" I have been presented with a valuable silver medal, 
which was for many years the token of the metropolitan 
championship, and this I now propose to offer as the 
emblem of the championship of the world. 

" I am willing to play, where I reside, a match of 
fifty games, wins and draws to count, with any player 
in the world, in sixty days after signing articles, and 
a deposit of $50 by the challenger against the cham- 
pionship medal. In case I should win, I should accept 
the sum of $50, not as a wager, but simply as com- 
pensation for time spent in preparing for and playing 
the match. In case I lost, the championship and the 
medal would go to the winner, who, when challenged, 
must play for it on similar terms. 

" The above is my answer to Mr. Barker and all other 
persons who many hereafter challenge me for the 
championship. 



THE MEDAL EPISODE. 49 

" I will say, however, that I am willing to play all 
comers, at any time, friendly off-hand games without 
notice, out of business hours. Should any person who 
desires to play for the championship object to the above 
plan for lack of a stake, it has been suggested by my 
friends that there would be no difficulty in making 
outside arrangements; but with that, however, I will 
have nothing to do." 

The medal plan at once proved to be unpopular, and 
comment became general. It gave Broughton, in par- 
ticular, a fine chance to give vent to the jolly kind of 
criticism for which he was ever ready, as follows : 

" I don't like the color of Mr. Yates's card, ' To the 
Draught Players of the World.' There is too much 
brown [Melvin Brown] in it. Does it not seem a little 
inconsistent to require compensation, and not be will- 
ing to give the same? Now, suppose that some other 
exponent of the game, who has conscientious scruples 
about playing for money, should challenge for the 
coveted silver medal, he would have to withdraw on 
account of the money bugbear. 

" Having been champion of Maine for several years, 
my friends are agitating the question of presenting 
me with a brass medal. 7/ they do give it to me, I shall 
be open to play anyone who will place ten against it. 
If I win, you can bet I will gobble the ' spinner/ and 
if I lose my opponent can have the brass/' 

The most important protest in regard to the medal 
came from Buffalo, N. Y., under date of February 12, 
1877, and was signed by Robert Martins, thus : 



50 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

" I hereby challenge Mr. Robert D. Yates, of Brook- 
lyn, the present champion, to play me a match of fifty 
games, wins and draws to count, and in consequence 
of Mr. Yates declining to play, on principle, for 
money, I beg to propose that we play for the champion- 
ship alone. Permit me also to state that I have a de- 
cided objection to the staking of fifty dollars against 
the medal, having been informed that its real value is 
no more than ten dollars ; but should Mr. Yates insist 
that the medal must be played for I will stake the 
market price against the article." 

This card brought out an immediate response from 
Yates, in which, as a postscript, he adds that Mr. 
Martins " has been misinformed as to the value of the 
medal," and offering to play for a stake; thus prac- 
tically acknowledging the futility of offering an em- 
blem as a championship prize. His declaration, dated 
February 16, 1877, is as follows: 

" I will play where I reside a match of fifty games 
for the championship and a stake of from $100 to $500 
in sixty days after signing articles. I am willing, as 
heretofore, to play all comers friendly off-hand games, 
without stake and without notice, out of business 
hours." 

His repugnance to playing for money, which seems 
to have appealed to his mind as a degradation of the 
game, did not pass away with the medal incident, and, 
while yielding to the prevailing sentiment in regard to 
the importance of a money consideration, he reiterated 
his convictions in a later letter when the subject of an- 
other match with Wyllie was under consideration, thus : 



THE MEDAL EPISODE. 51 

" I have no desire to play anybody a match simply 
for money ; but if Mr. Wyllie wishes to play me for the 
title I am ready to defend it against him, with a stake 
of from $100 to $1,000, and I will allow him $100 for 
expenses, in a match to be played in this city for the 
latter amount." 



Chapter IX. 
CONTEMPORARY OPINION. 

When Wyllie was in Rochester, N. Y., in 1873, he 
dropped the almost unnoticed remark that young 
" Yats," as he called him, was the coming player. 

When Yates made his Christmas week visit to Bos- 
ton, in 1877, he met there, or played on the way, the 
best players in all New England. On his return he 
told Melvin Brown that Freeman, of Providence, was 
the best player he had met on his tour, and this in the 
face of the fact that he had beaten Freeman four to 
nothing. 

When Martins was defeated he said, as previously 
recorded, that the opinion was forced upon him that 
Yates was so well posted on every move in every varia- 
tion there was no hope of catching him on anything. 

When J. P. Reed, a player of the very first rank, 
examined a game on the Cross opening, with the ins 
and outs of which Reed was especially familiar, that 
had been contested by Yates, he declared it to be the 
finest game ever played. He expressed amazement 
when he asked Yates if he had seen through the play 
to the end, and was told that he had. 

Yates, by way of confession, told Reed that he never 
could analyze after the fashion of the authors, but had 

52 



CONTEMPORARY OPINION. 53 

to have the excitement of the actual game to stimulate 
his brain. 

In 1878 the Turf stated that Yates had never lost a 
blindfold game, thus leaving no room for a comparison 
with Broughton or other champions at this style of play. 

Before the Yates-Martins match took place, the 
Chelsea Republic, which was regarded as having the 
liveliest checker column in New England, said : 

" We look upon this match as being more doubtful 
than almost any that could be named." 

At about the same time, on the other side of the 
ocean, the Paisley Gazette was remarking: 

" We still hold the opinion we formerly expressed 
— an opinion we see no reason to change — that Mr. 
Martins, like his old antagonist, will fall before his 
youthful opponent." 

The result of the Wyllie- Yates match brought these 
straightforward words from a Glasgow writer: 

" The result has surprised everyone here. Wyllie's 
defeat cannot be put to his lessening skill, but rather 
to your young champion's greater skill. Yates seems 
quite able to teach us all a wrinkle on the game. His 
recent play with Busby, when he practically gave him 
the draws, and beat him, stamps him as one of the finest 
— indeed, I believe the finest player that ever lived. 
The veteran will, no doubt, be anxious to retrieve his 
laurels — if he can; but I very much doubt if he could 
alter this result, and believe he must give way to 
nature's law, that the older must by and by make 
room for the younger." 



54 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

The Leeds Magnet, congratulating their Transatlan- 
tic cousins on their victory, observes: 

" The laurels have fallen on one whose great in- 
tegrity, skill, and unselfish love of the game particu- 
larly fit him to sustain with dignity the championship 
he has so gallantly and honorably obtained." 

The Paisley Gazette of October 13, 1876, says: 

" Yates played with far greater confidence than his 
opponent, and frequently changed the play. The re- 
sult of the matches he played with Wyllie incontest- 
ably proves that he is the superior player." 

The Glasgow Herald said: 

" Although not yet twenty years of age, Yates plays 
with the coolness of a veteran, and displays as great 
natural genius and aptitude at the game of draughts as 
his equally youthful countryman, Paul Morphy, showed 
at the royal game a score of years ago, when he de- 
feated with ease every European chess player he en- 
countered." 



Chapter X. . ; 

THE WRITER'S PERSONAL OPINION. 

Was Yates the greatest checker player that ever 
lived ? 

I think so. 

Would Yates have beaten the present champion, 
Richard Jordan, each at his best? 

I do not think so. 

Yates took no interest in the game except as a 
player. Gould's Book of Problems credits him with but 
two positions. There are others bearing his name, but 
he did not cultivate the art of the composer. He loved 
the contest. It was the man on the other side of the 
board that inspired him. 

He was a fighter. When he defeated all aspirants 
for the supreme honor, he had no further use for the 
game, and put it aside as he would a straw hat at the 
end of summer. 

Then he became interested in chess, and played what 
has been described as a " pretty stiff " game. It is 
doubtful, however, whether, under the most favorable 
circumstances, he would have become a peer of the 
chess masters of his time. The feature of mathemati- 
cal exactness, which is the soul of checkers, is but a 
phase of chess. The limited range of the pieces in 

55 



56 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

checkers, as contrasted with the privileges of even the 
minor pieces in chess, rests on the principle of the 
greater the power the less the accuracy, and Yates's 
mind was the kind that is given to long, accurate 
reaches rather than to the accumulation of immediate 
advantages. I do not think any other checker player 
could reach so far so continuously as Yates could. 

The answer to the second question is arrived at in 
the same way that similar questions in other pastimes 
are answered, thus : the game advances by the process 
of evolution, and the latest champion is necessarily 
better equipped in the art of the warfare than an earlier 
wonder worker. 



Chapter XL 
THE PLAY. 

All the published play between Yates and all his 
opponents is presented in the following pages, classified 
under openings. The aim was to make the collection 
as complete as possible, with an eye single to historical 
accuracy, and no attempt was made to look at it from 
the point of a critical reviewer. That is the function 
or privilege of those into whose hands this book may 
come. 

The games were collected by means of a search of 
all periodicals and books on the pastime, and by a thor- 
ough overhauling of the various newspaper columns 
dating from the first appearance of the name of Yates. 
A complete set of scrap-books, embracing all the 
columns of importance, was carefully kept by the late 
A. J. Dunlap, and these files were thoroughly ex- 
amined by permission of the present owner, Mr. Melvin 
Brown. 

The labor of reducing the mass of material thus 
obtained to concrete form, and preparing it properly 
for the printer, with contemporaneous note, comment 
or variation of interest, was done by Mr. C. M. Potter- 
don. 

The games are arranged alphabetically, and the name 

57 



58 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

of the player who had the black pieces is invariably 
given first. The games are dated, in order to make it 
possible to separate the youthful or less serious play 
from the mature or more important play. 



AYRSHIRE LASSIE. 



11 15 


9 


13 


10 


26 


18 23 


31 


26 


7 10 


24 20 


a-22 


18 


31 


22 


22 17 


29 


25 


14 7 


8 11 


15 


22 


1 


5 


13 22 


8 


11 


3 10 


26-28 24 


25 


9 


19 


10 


25 18 


18 


14 


2 7 


23- 4 8 


5 


14 


7 


14 


23 26 


26 


23 


10 14 


21-23 19 


26 


22 


20 


16 


21 17 


28 


24 


7 10 


20- 9 14 


11 


15 


12 


19 


26 31 


11 


16 


14 17 


4-32 28 


30 25 


24 


15 


17 13 


24 


20 


25 21 


6 9 


14 


18 


14 


18 


2 7 


16 


19 


17 22 


1-27 23 


23 


14 


15 


10 


10 6 


6 


2 


Drawn. 




Yates 


v. Wyllii 


?, 1876. 








) 22-17, 13-22, 25-9, 


5-14, 


same as Var. 


1 at sixth 


move. 








Var. 1. 










22 17 


3 


7 


24 


19 


22 26 


14 


10 


22 18 


9 13 


22 


17 


6 


10 


20 16 


22 


17 


7 11 


27 23 


7 


10 


13 


9 


26 31 


11 


7 


5 9 


13 22 


26 


22 


18 


15 


16 11 


30 


25 


11 7 


25 9 


2 


6 


3 


7 


12 16 


7 


2 


17 21 


5 14 


a-17 


13 


15 


24 


17 13 


25 


21 


7 11 


26 22 


11 


16 


9 


6 


23 18 


10 


15 


9 14 


3-14 18 


20 


11 


24 


19 


14 23 


23 


26 


6 2 


23 14 


15 


18 


6 


2 


19 26 


2 


7 


14 17 


10 26 


22 


15 


10 


15 


10 14 


26 


30 


2 7 


30 23 


10 


26 


2 


6 


26 30 


15 


19 


17 22 


2-15 


11 


7 


14 


18 


13 9 


30 


26 


7 3 


19 10 


26 


31 


6 


10 


16 19 


19 


15 


22 26 


7 14 


7 


3 


18 


22 


9 6 


17 


13 


3 7 


29 25 


31 


27 


10 


14 


19 23 


7 


2 


26 31 


11 15 


24 


20 


19 


23 


6 2 


26 


22 


B. wins 


25 22 


27 


23 


7 


10 


31 26 


2 


7 




8 11 


28 


24 


15 


19 


2 6 


21 


17 




31 26 


23 


18 


21 


17 


26 22 


15 


19 





Yates beats Wyllie, 1876. 

(a) 24-19, 15-24, 28-19, 11-15, 17-13, 15-24, 22-17, 24-27, 
23-19, 14-18, 17-14, 10-17, 21-14, 27-31, 19-15. Drawn.— A 
Schaefer. 

59 



6o 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 
Var. 2. 



2 6 


a- 1 6 


8 11 


14 18 


30 26 


7 10 


19 10 


29 25 


25 22 


19 10 


21 17 


24 19 


6 15 


6 10 


12 16 


18 25 


26 22 


18 22 


24 19 


31 27 


19 12 


10 6 


17 13 


19 16 


15 24 


11 15 


10 14 


25 30 


22 18 


W. wins 


28 19 


27 24 


23 19 


6 2 


13 9 





(a) 11-15. 



Yates beaten by Wyllie, 1873. 
Drawn. — Schuylerville Standard, April 18, 1874. 



2 6 
21 17 

14 21 

23 18 
12 16 
19 12 

15 19 

24 15 



6 10 
29 25 
19 24 
28 19 
10 15 
19 10 

7 23 
25 22 



Var. 3 

15 19 

22 18 
19 24 
18 15 

23 27 

16 11 
27 32 
11 4 



24 27 
15 10 
28 24 

26 23 

27 31 

23 18 

24 27 
8 4 



10 19 11 15 32 28 21 25 



31 26 

17 13 
26 22 

18 15 
22 18 
15 11 
18 15 
10 7 

3 10 



(a)- 22 17 20 16 31 26 30 21 8 4 
Yates beaten by Wyllie, 1873. 
(a) Does this win? 29-25 draws. — J. D. Janvier. 



15 8 
4 11 
27 23 
12 8 
23 18 
21 17 
W.wins 



Var. 4. 



22 17 


16-6 9 


10 6 


26 22 


14 9 


15 18 


15 18 


13 6 


5-14 17 


18 14 


22 26 


6 10 


19-26 23 


2 18 


27 23 


21 25 


9 14 


18 23 


18- 5 9 


6-31 26 


17 22 


14 9 


26 30 


17 13 


17 13 


18 22 


6 2 


25 30 


14 9 


23 27 


1 5 


26 17 


22 26 


9 6 


23 19 


13 9 


32 28 


11 15 


23 18 


30 26 


9 6 


27 31 


14 17 


19 10 


8 11 


6 2 


30 26 


9 6 


21 14 


7 21 


28 24 


26 23 


29 25 


26 23 


10 17 


20 16 


26 31 


2 6 


19 23 


6 2 


23 14 


12 19 


24 20 


23 19 


25 21 


31 26 


9 18 


24 15 


31 26 


6 9 


23 19 


7 11 


17-25 22 


5 9 


2 6 


19 23 


21 17 


23 18 


18 25 


15 10 


3 8 


9 14 


11 15 


2 6 


30 14 


9 14 


6 10 


8 12 


10 7 


Drawn 



Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 





AYRSHIRE LASSIE. 




6 






Var. 5. 








14 18 


23 18 


26 31 


2 6 


15 19 


16 11 


6 2 


25 30 


28 24 


3 8 


7 3 


24 28 


18 22 


18 14 


31 27 


10 7 


8 12 


11 7 


27 23 


22 26 


24 20 


11 15 


20 16 


Drawn. 


21 25 


14 10 


8 11 


6 10 


19 24 





Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 



Var. 6. 



29 25 31 26 10 6 21 17 24 20 15 18 



11 15 8- 8 12 


22 26 


26 23 


26 31 


7 10 


19 10 25 21 


6 2 


27 24 


20 11 


9 5 


7 14 7- 9 13 


26 30 


18 22 


31 27 


3 8 


15-20 16 15 10 


2 6 


17 13 


13 9 


Drawn, 


12 19 18 22 


30 26 


22 26 


27 24 




24 15 26 17 


6 10 


10 15 


28 19 




11- 5 9 13 22 


14 18 


12 16 


23 7 





Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 



12 16 

15 10 

16 19 
27 24 



18 23 
24 15 
23 30 
15 11 



Var. 7. 

30 26 
11 7 
26 23 

7 2 



9 13 

2 6 

3 8 
10 7 



23 27 a-12 16 

7 3 7 11 

8 12 16 20 
3 7 W. wins 



Yates beaten by Wyllie, 1876. 

(a) 14-18, 7-11, 18-23, 6-10, 23-26, 10-15, 26-31, 15-18, 
31-26. Drawn.— R. Frazer. 



Var. 8. 



0- 8 11 


23 26 


26 23 


13 17 


31 27 


23 27 


15 8 


25 22 


18 15 


8 3 


1 5 


24 20 


3 12 


26 30 


23 18 


17 22 


27 23 


27 23 


9-26 22 


22 17 


15 11 


3 8 


5 9 


20 16 


18 23 


9 13 


18 14 


22 26 


23 18 


Drawn, 


27 18 


17 14 


9 5 


8 11 


28 24 




14 23 


30 26 


14 10 


26 31 


18 23 




22 18 


14 9 


11 8 


5 1 


9 5 





Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 



62 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 
Var. 9. 



27 24 


23 18 


7 2 


14 9 


22 25 


25 22 


14 17 


14 23 


22 18 


15 11 


23 26 


15 19 


a-25 21 


21 14 


2 6 


9 14 


28 24 


22 31 


9 14 


25 30 


18 15 


12 16 


11 15 


19 12 


24 20 


14 10 


6 9 


14 18 


20 16 


B. wins. 


18 22 


30 26 


23 27 


16 19 


32 27 




26 23 


10 7 


9 14 


18 22 


24 20 




22 25 


26 22 


27 32 


19 23 


27 23 






Yates beats Wyll\ 


ie, 1876. 






(a) 24-19 at this point 


will draw. This 


was called to my 


attention by Ben Coons. - 


-C. M. F 


> 










Var. 10. 








9 13 


21 30 


11 16 


17 21 


30 25 


25 22 


15 10 


14 9 


2 7 


6 2 


11 15 


11 15 


14 17 


30 26 


16 20 


21 25 


25 22 


Drawn. 


26 23 


9 6 


7 11 


2 6 


10 14 




17 21 


8 11 


13 17 


25 30 


22 25 




23 14 


6 2 


10 6 


6 10 


15 11 






Yates 


v. Wyllie 
Var. 11. 


, 1876. 






12- 8 12 


27 23 


26 23 


1 6 


18 14 


28 24 


15 10 


18 27 


10 6 


3 8 


2 7 


15 6 


14 17 


31 24 


23 18 


10 7 


14 18 


24 15 


25 21 


25 30 


14 10 


8 11 


7 16 


17 22 


17 22 


24 20 


5 9 


7 2 


12 19 


16 11 


21 17 


30 26 


6 1 


13 17 


20 16 


22 26 


22 25 


17 14 


9 13 


6 10 


18 15 


Drawn. 




Yates 


v. Wyllie, 
Var. 12. 


, 1876. 






6-14 1714-30 26 a 


-15 18 


8 12 


26 22 


20 24 


31*26 


15 10 


14 10 


7 3 


11 15 


15 18 


17 21 


8 1113-18 22 


22 25 


12 16 


22 15 


26 23 


10 6 


2 6 


3 8 


27 24 


Drawn. 


21 30 


11 15 


3 8 


25 30 


16 20 




23 14 


6 2 


10 7 


8 11 


24 19 





Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 

(a) 26-22, 14-10, 15-19, 27-24, 19-23, 24-20, 22-18, 2-6, 
3-8, 20-16, 8-12, 16-11, 18-15, 11-7, 5-9, 6-13, 15-6, 7-2, 6-10. 
Drawn. — Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 

(6) 8-11, 15-8, 3-12, 31-26, 5-9, 26-22, same as Var. 8 at 
fourth move. 







AYRSHIRE LASSIE. 




°3 








Var. 13. 








5 9 


23 


27 


26 23 


21 25 


26 31 


3 8 


27 24 


28 


24 


16 11 


6 9 


14 10 


2 7 


18 23 


27 


32 


13 17 


25 30 


23 19 


31 27 


2 6 


24 


19 


11 7 


10 6 


6 1 


7 3 


9 13 


32 


28 


17 21 


30 26 


28 32 


8 12 


24 20 


19 


16 


7 2 


9 14 


1 6 


Drawn 






Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 












Var. 14. 








8 11 


10 


6 


14 18 


27 24 


24 27 


24 20 


15 8 


5 


9 


7 11 


16 20 


28 24 


Drawn, 


3 12. 


6 


2 


26 22 


24 19 


27 31 




14 10 


9 


14 


11 15 


20 24 


15 10 




30 26 


2 


7 


12 16' 


19 16 


31 27 





Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 



Var. 15. 



24 19 


31 27 


19 10 


27 18 


10 6 


6 10 


14 17 


22 26 


3 8 


19 23 


23 18 


14 7 


25 21 


20 16 


24 20 


28 24 


14 10 


3 10 


17 22 


25 22 


8 11 


23 26 


8 11 


17 21 


21 17 


10 6 


10 7 


24 19 


6 1 


10 14 


22 25 


22 18 


11 15 


26 31 


18 14 


12 16 


17 14 


6 2 


7 2 


19 15 


10 7 


2 7 


25 30 


26 30 


15 19 


11 8 


5 9 


11 2 


14 10 


2 6 


6 10 


18 14 


7 3 


Drawn 


18 22 


30 26 


26 23 


31 26 


9 13 




27 24 


16 11 


10 15 


15 10 


1 6 




30 25 


8 15 


18 11 


26 23 


13 17 






Yates 


v. Wyllie 
Var. 16. 


, 1876. 






11 16 


17 22 


27 31 


13 17 


30 25 


22 26 


20 4 


19 15 


28 24 


7 10 


16 12 


8 3 


3 8 


12 16 


31 26 


5 9 


25 21 


26 30 


4 11 


15 11 


11 8 


8 11 


10 6 


15 11 


7 32 


16 20 


2 6 


17 21 


9 13 


17 14 


13 9 


10 7 


8 4 


24 20 


6 10 


Drawn. 


6 13 


32 27 


6 9 


21 25 


21 17 




24 19 


31 24 


4 8 


20 16 


12 8 




13 17 


20 27 


9 13 


25 30 


26 23 




14 10 


7 3 


3 7 


11 15 


10 6 





Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 



64 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 
Var. 17. 



19 15 


20 11 


28 19 


14 17 


22 18 


14 17 


17 21 


7 16 


16 23 


31 27 


28 24 


23 19 


31 26 


24 20 


6 10 


17 22 


18 15 


15 10 


5 9 


3 7 


12 16 


27 24 


24 27 


24 20 


27 23 


20 11 


9 5 


13 9 


15 11 


29 25 


18 27 


7 16 


16 20 


23 27 


27 24 


19 16 


26 23 


5 1 


5 1 


9 5 


10 15 


17 14 


11 18 


6 10 


20 24 


27 31 


31 27 


16 7 


23 5 


13 9 


1 5 


5 1 


9 14 


10 3 


27 31 


10 15 


24 28 


24 20 


27 23 


20 16 


25 22 


17 13 


5 9 


1 5 


15 18 


25 22 


8 11 


15 19 


28 32 


20 16 


23 27 


16 11 


22 17 


1 6 


9 14 


5 9 


18 15 


14 10 


11 16 


19 24 


32 28 


16 12 


27 23 


Drawn. 



Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 







Var. 18. 








11 15 


17 13 


7 14 


23 14 


18 23 


20 16 


25 22 


14 18 


31 22 


9 18 


32 28 


12 19 


18 25 


13 6 


11 15 


17 14 


23 26 


24 6 


29 22 


2 9 


27 23 


6 10 


25 22 


26 31 


8 11 


23 14 


1 6 


14 7 


5 9 


Drawn 


30 25 


10 26 


22 17 


3 10 


22 18 




6 9 


19 10 


14 18 


21 17 


15 22 





Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 



AYRSHIRE LASSIE. 65 

Var. 19. 



17 13 


24 


19 


10 


14 


10 


15 


9 


6 


31 26 


11 15 


15 


24 


32 


28 


26 


22 


22 


26 


25 29 


26 23 


28 


19 


14 


18 


2 


7 


6 


10 


26 22 


8 11 


13 


17 


22 


26 


30 


26 


26 


22 


30 25 


31 26 


8 


4 


15 


19 


7 


10 


21 


17 


23 18 


6 9 


17 


22 


26 


31 


26 


23 


22 


25 


25 30 


13 6 


4 


8 


18 


23 


10 


14 


17 


14 


14 10 


2 9 


22 


26 


28 


32 


22 


17 


25 


21 


30 25 


26 22 


19 


15 


19 


15 


15 


10 


15 


18 


10 15 


1 6 


26 


30 


31 


27 


17 


22 


23 


26 


25 30 


22 17 


15 


10 


15 


18 


14 


9 


10 


15 


15 19 


►-18 22 


30 


26 


27 


31 


23 


26 


21 


25 


30 25 


25 18 


29 


25 


23 


19 


10 


15 


15 


19 


20 16 


15 22 


26 


30 


32 


27 


26 


23 


26 


22 


25 30 


23 18 


25 


21 


18 


22 


9 


6 


18 


15 


16 11 


14 23 


30 


26 


27 


32 


22 


26 


25 


21 


30 25 


27 18 


10 


6 


21 


17 


21 


25 


19 


23 


11 8 


9 13 


26 


22 


31 


27 


26 


30 


22 


17 


25 30 


17 14 


6 


2 


17 


14 


25 


21 


15 


10 


8 4 


10 17 


12 


16 


32 


28 


30 


26 


17 


22 


30 25 


21 14 


2 


11 


19 


15 


6 


10 


14 


9 


4 8 


6 10 


3 


12 


27 


23 


26 


22 


22 


25 


25 30 


30 25 


14 


10 


15 


10 


10 


7 


10 


15 


8 11 


10 17 


16 


19 


28 


24 


22 


26 


a-13 


17 


30 25 


25 21 


11 


15 


14 


9 


7 


11 


9 


14 


18 15 


22 26 


19 


24 


24 


27 


26 


30 


17 


22 


25 18 


21 14 


10 


6 


9 


6 


11 


7 


23 


27 


15 22 


26 30 


24 28 


27 


31 


30 


26 


25 


30 


21 25 


19 15 


6 


2 


6 


2 


7 


2 


27 


31 


19 15 


30 26 


5 


9 


23 


26 


26 


30 


30 


26 


25 18 


15 8 


2 


6 


22 


25 


2 


6 


15 


19 


15 22 


26 22 


9 


13 


26 


30 


30 


26 


26 


30 


W. wins 


32 28 


6 


10 


25 


21 


6 


9 


19 


23 





22 15 28 32 31 26 26 22 22 25 
Yates beaten by Wyllie, 1873. 

(a) Fatal. Wyllie has been playing all these moves with 
the evident expectation of Yates making this move. — Turf 
Game, 980. 

(b) Same as Old Fourteenth, Var. 74, in American Draught 
Player. 



66 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Var. 20. 

12 16 17 13 7 16 23 16 27 24 22 17 

19 12 9 14 27 24 32 27 19 15 2 7 

15 18 29 25 20 27 31 24 5 9 17 10 

22 15 8 11 32 23 20 27 13 6 7 14 

10 28 a-26 23 16 20 16 11 1 19 8 4 
25 22 15 18 24 19 27 31 25 22 16 11 

11 15 30 26 28 32 26 23 24 20 B. wins. 
22 17 11 16 19 15 31 27 11 8 

6 10 20 11 10 19 23 19 20 16 

J. Dempster, Jr., beats Yates, 1875. 
(a) 25-22. Drawn. — Wyllie v. Malcolm. 







Var. 21. 








22-22 18 


11 25 


30 26 


9 13 


23 16 


19 23 


15 22 


29 22 


1 5 


18 9 


12 19 


3 7 


25 18 


5 14 


26 22 


5 14 


20 16 


14 17 


10 15 


22 18 


3 7 


28 24 


22 25 


21 14 


26 22 


6 9 


32 28 


13 22 


16 11 


23 26 


15 19 


27 24 


11 16 


24 20 


25 29 


31 22 


24 15 


7 10 


20 11 


10 15 


10 7 


25 9 


9 14 


24 19 


7 16 


19 10 


29 25 


Drawn. 


18 9 


8 11 


22 17 


16 19 


7 3 





Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 







Var. 22. 








23 18 


30 25 


29 25 


17 13 


2 7 


3 8 


9 14 


10 15 


10 15 


9 14 


17 22 


22 17 


18 9 


31 27 


25 22 


13 9 


7 10 


8 15 


5 14 


15 22 


2 7 


10 15 


22 25 


17 22 


22 18 


25 18 


32 28 


24 19 


10 14 


20 11 


14 23 


7 10 


7 10 


15 24 


25 30 


12 16 


27 18 


18 14 


23 18 


28 19 


14 10 


19 12 


15 22 


10 17 


1 5 


22 26 


30 26 


26 10 


25 18 


21 14 


27 23 


9 6 


10 7 


12 8 


12 16 


6 10 


5 9 


26 31 


26 22 


10 15 


26 23 


14 7 


22 17 


6 2 


7 3 


B. wins. 



8 12 3 10 15 22 6-14 17 a-31 26 
? Yates beats Wyllie, 1876. 
(a) Of course 31-27 wins, but the above is shorter and 
prettier. — Boys of the World, Game 76. 



AYRSHIRE LASSIE. 67 

(6) 14-18 has been given as the play at this point, but the 
above is the way it was played up. — Boys of the World, Game 
76. 

(c) In his previous games with Yates on this opening, 
Wyllie usually played 23-19. We suppose he played this for 
a change, and with dire result. — Turf, Game 1187. 









Var. 23. 












24- 3 8 


8 


12 


9 


13 


26 


23 


13 


17 


4 8 


23 19 


27 


23 


24 


20 


18 


14 


10 


6 


10 14 


a- 9 14 


12 


19 


14 


17 


23 


18 


11 


7 


8 11 


26 23 


23 


16 


21 


14 


14 


10 


6 


2 


14 18 


5 9 


15 


18 


10 


17 


18 


14 


7 


3 


11 16 


22 17 


16 


12 


16 


11 


11 


7 


2 


7 


18 23 


1 5 


18 


23 


7 


16 


14 


18 


3 


10 


16 20 


30 26 


26 


19 


20 


11 


7 


2 


9 


14 


23 27 


9 13 


11 


16 


23 


26 


18 


15 


10 


7 


3 7 


32 28 


20 


11 


31 


22 


2 


6 


14 


21 


12 8 


13 22 


7 


23 


17 


26 


15 


11 


7 


3 


7 3 


25 9 


24 


19 


29 


25 


6 


1 


21 


17 


8 4 


5 14 


6 


9 


26 


30 


11 


15 


3 


7 


3 7 


19 16 


19 


16 


25 


22 


1 


6 


17 


14 


4 8 


12 19 


2 


7 


30 


26 


15 


11 


7 


3 


Drawn 


23 16 


28 


24 


22 


18 


6 


9 


14 


10 





Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 
(a) 15-18, 22-15, 11-18, 32-28, 7-11, 26-23, 10-15, 19-10, 
6-15, 23-14, 9-18, 21-17, 1-6, 17-14, 2-7, 24-19, 15-24, 28-19, 
18-22, 25-18, 6-10, 29-25, 10-17, 18-14, 17-21, 27-24, W. wins. 
— Waldie beaten by Yates (blindfold), 1877. 







Var. 24. 








■ 9 13 


a- 4 8 


9 13 


12 16 


31 24 


11 16 


32 28 


24 19 


18 9 


19 3 


21 14 


20 11 


5 9 


15 24 


13 22 


13 17 


1 6 


24 19 


23 18 


28 19 


25 18 


21 14 


14 10 


B. wins 


10 14 


3 7 


6 13 


10 17 


6 15 




26 23 


22 17 


29 25 


3 10 


23 19 




7 10 


13 22 


2 6 


6 31 


15 18 




30 26 


26 17 


31 26 


25 21 


19 15 





Yates beats S. T Allen, 1874. 
(a) 3-8, 22-17, 15-22, 25-18, 13-22, 26-17, 16-11, B. wins. 
-A. J. Dunlap, Chelsea Public, Game 173. 



68 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Var. 25. 

6- 9 14 8 15 22 26 26 22 7 16 3 7 

22 17 25 22 23 18 17 13 20 11 16 19 
6 9 18 25 26 30 18 23 18 23 7 10 

a-17 13 29 22 32 28 27 18 12 8 19 23 

16 14 18 30 26 22 15 23 26 10 15 

23 19 23 14 18 14 28 24 8 3 21 17 
15 18 9 25 12 16 10 14 26 30 30 25 
26 23 21 17 19 12 20 16 11 7 B. wins. 

3 8 15 18 6 9 15 10 4 8 

31 26 30 21 13 6 24 20 3 12 

11 16 18 22 2 18 14 18 10 3 

20 11 26 23 24 20 16 11 12 16 

Yates beats C. Freeman, 1877. 

(a) 23-19 is stronger. — Providence Sunday Dispatch, Game 
160. 

(b) 10-14, 22-17, 14-18, 23-14, 9-18, 26-23, 6-9, 23-14, 9-18, 
17-14, 4-8, 21-17, 12-16, 32-28, 16-19, 25-22, 18-25, 29-22, 
1-6, 31-26, 6-9. B. wins.— Yates beats S. T. Allen, 1877, 



Var. 26. 



27- 22 18 


5 14 


27 24 


26 30 


19 17 


15 19 


15 22 


27 24 


9 13 


8 4 


13 29 


24 15 


25 18 


11 15 


30 26 


31 27 


20 16 


7 11 


10 15 


20 16 


14 18 


4 8 


26 23 


15 8 


26 22 


4 8 


31 27 


27 23 


28 24 


29 25 


6-15 19 


32 27 


10 14 


8 11 


23 18 


21 17 


23 16 


8 11 


26 23 


23 18 


16 11 


25 22 


12 19 


16 12 


19 26 


11 16 


18 15 


17 14 


29 25 


6 9 


24 19 


30 26 


11 8 a- 1 6 


9 14 


24 20 


15 31 


16 19 


2 7 


B.wins 


18 9 


7 10 


22 8 


18 15 


8 4 





Yates {blindfold) beats J. Dempster Jr., 1873. 

(a) This appears to be his first published blindfold 
game. — C. M. P. 

(6) 15-19 is strong for Black.— W. Reid, St. Clair Repub- 
lican, Aug. 1, 1871. The balance of the play is evidently- 
original. — C. M. P. 



AYRSHIRE LASSIE. 69 

Var. 27. 



28-22 17 


11 15 


26 23 


6 9 


16 12 


9 13 


4 8 


27 23 


a-24 28 


13 6 


18 22 


8 11 


17 13 


8 12 


29 25 


2 27 


25 18 


13 17 


15 19 


23 16 


10 15 


31 24 


15 22 


11 15 


23 16 


12 19 


17 10 


5 9 


11 8 


17 21 


12 19 


20 16 


7 14 


24 20 


1 6 


15 18 


25 22 


19 24 


16 11 


9 14 


8 4 


22 25 


9 14 


28 19 


14 17 


20 16 


6 9 


18 22 


22 17 


15 24 


21 14 


14 18 


4 8 


Drawn 



Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 
(a) 10-15. B. wins — Robertson, McCall and Reay. 

Var. 28. 
27 24 15 22 18 14 22 26 21 14 32 28 



4 8 


25 9 


7 10 


25 21 


26 23 


20 16 


23 19 


1 5 


14 7 


26 30 


a-18 15 


7 11 


c- 9 13 


26 22 


3 10 


29 25 


11 18 


16 7 


32 27 


5 14 


6-23 18 


13 17 


19 15 


12 16 


5 9 


22 18 


17 22 


21 14 


23 32 


19 3 


27 23 


14 17 


30 25 


10 17 


24 19 


28 17 


9 14 


21 14 


2 7 


25 21 


18 22 


B. wins. 


22 18 


10 17 


31 27 


30 26 


28 24 





Yates beats French, 1879. 
(a) 14-10 would probably draw. — Echo. 
(6) 29-25 would have won. — Echo. 
(c) 9-14, 22-17, 5-9, 32-27, etc. Drawn.— A. Schaefer. 







BRISTOL. 






11 16 


4 8 


11 16 


14 17 


7 10 


14 17 


12-24 20 


23 16 


20 11 


21 14 


2 7 


24 20 


16 19 


8 12 


7 16 


10 17 


10 14 


18 14 


23 16 


1-31 27 


22 18 


23 18 


7 11 


19 15 


12 19 


12 19 


6 9 


16 20 


31 27 


14 18 


22 18 


27 23 


29 25 


18 14 


11 16 


16 11 


5- 9 14 


3 8 


2 7 


20 24 


19 23 


17 22 


18 9 


23 16 


18 15 


14 9 


26 19 


11 16 


5 14 


8 12 


9 13 


24 27 


17 26 


18 11 


25 22 


32 27 


15 6 


9 6 


30 23 


16 7 


4- 8 11 


12 19 


1 10 


27 31 


27 18 


Drawn 


2-27 23 


27 23 


25 22 


6 2 


28 24 





Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 



Var. 1. 



e-32 27 


23 18 


17 


14 


1 6 


30 23 


15 10 


12 19 


6 10 


10 


17 


9 13 


19 26 


25 30 


27 23 


18 11 


22 


13 


26 22 


14 18 


27 23 


6-11 16 


a-10 15 


3 


7 


15 18 


16 19 


26 22 


20 11 


22 17 


13 


9 


22 15 


18 23 


19 15 


7 16 


1 6 


7 


16 


13 17 


26 30 


W. wins 


29 25 


25 22 


9 


5 


6 10 


23 16 




10 15 


16 20 


2 


6 


17 22 


30 26 




21 17 


31 27 


5 


1 


10 14 


16 19 




14 21 


6 10 


6 


9 


22 26 


21 25 





Melvin Brown beaten by Yates, 1875. 

(a) 10-14 is played to a draw by L. Bradley. 

(b) 3-8, 23-16, 8-12, 22-18, 12-19, 18-9, 6-13, 31-27, 10-14-c, 
29-25, 1-6, 25-22, 6-10, 27-23, 11-16, 20-11, 7-16, 22-18. 
W. wins. — Melvin Brown beaten by Yates, 1875. 

(c) 11-15, 27-24-d, 10-14, 26-23, 19-26, 30-23, 15-18, 23-19. 
Drawn. — R. E. Bowen. 

(d) 20-16, 7-11, 16 7, 2-11, 27-24, 10-14, 26-22, 19-23, 
Drawn. — H. D. Lyman. 

70 



BRISTOL. 71 

(e) 22-17, 12-19, 29-25, 3-8-/, 32-27, 11-15, 20-16, 7-11, 
16-7, 2-11, 27-24, 8-12, 25-22, 1-5, 17-13, 11-16, 22-17, 16-20, 
26-23, 20-27, 31-24, 19-26, 30-23, W. wins.— R. E. Bowen 
beaten by Yates, 1877. 

(/) 11-15 is the draw move given in Robertson's Guide. 

Var. 2. 

22 17 20 16 30 23 26 23 24 20 3 7 

4 8 15 18 d- 7 10 5 9 26 31 28 32 
3-27 23 17 13 c-28 24 a-21 17 27 24 5 9 
8 12 10 15 2 7 14 30 18 22 W. wins. 

23 16 29 25 23 19 23 5 15 
12 19 15 3 8 15 18 10 15 
32 27 26 23 31 26 5 1 19 3 
11 15 19 26 b- 8 12 30 26 12 28 

J. Dempster, Jr., beaten by Yates (blindfold) , 1875. 
(a) A splendid finish. — Turf, Game 1066. 
(6) When this move called, Mr. Yates understood it 8-11 
and played 26-22.— Turf, Game 1066. 

(c) 16-11. W. wins. — Robertson 7 s Guide. 

(d) 6-9 or 14-17 draws. — Robertson 7 s Guide. 







Var. 3. 








29 25 


6 9 


16 11 


5 9 


30 26 


18 23 


11 15 


28 19 


7 16 a 


-19 15 


22 25 


10 6 


27 23 


9 13 


20 11 


10 19 


26 22 


2 9 


19 24 


25 22 


1 5 


17 10 


25 29 


13 6 


28 19 


8 11 


22 18 


9 14 


22 17 


29 25 


15 24 


19 16 


15 22 


26 17 


14 18 


B. wins, 


32 28 


11 15 


23 19 


13 22 


17 13 





Yates beats M. C. Priest, 1876. 
(a) 19-16, 22-25, 16-12, 13-22, 26-17, 9-13, 30-26, 13-22, 
26-17, 25-30, 17-13, 30-25. Drawn.— McFarlane. 

Var. 4. 



8 12 


29 25 


3 7 


24 19 


6 10 


31 22 


22 17 


8 11 


13 6 


15 24 


27 24 


28 32 


7 11 


28 24 


2 9 


22 15 


19 23 


24 20 


27 24 


11 15 


26 22 


10 19 


26 19 


32 27 


4 8 


32 27 


1 6 


20 16 


14 17 


22 18 


24 15 


6 9 


30 26 


24 28 


21 14 


27 24 


11 18 


17 13 


9 13 


25 22 


10 26 


B. wins 



Yates beats Wyllie, 1876. 



72 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 



Var. 5. 
11- 8 11 19 23 18 27 



2 7 15 18 22 26 



6-25 22 


27 18 


32 23 


22 17 


23 19 


23 18 


4 8 


14 23 


9 14 


5 9 


6-14 17 


7 10 


29 25 


26 19 


25 22 


17 13 


21 14 


18 14 


10 14 


7 11 


6 10 


10 15 


10 17 


11 15 


18 15 


31 26 


30 26 


13 6 


16 12 


14 7 


11 18 


11 18 


8 11 


1 10 


o-18 22 


3 10 



22 15 26 23 19 16 28 24 26 23 Drawn. 
Yates (blindfold) v. Geo. B. Allen, 1875. 

(a) 11-15, 19-10, 7-14, etc. B. wins, same as shown in (b). 
— C. M. P. 

(6) After the game Yates pointed out that he should have 
won: 11-15, 16-12, 14-17, 21-14, 10-17, 19-10, 7-14, 20-16, 
17-21, 16-11, 14-17, 11-8, 21-25, 8-4, 25-30. B. wins.— Turf, 
Game 1119. 



Var. 6. 



27 23 


31 27 


32 23 


30 25 


7 2 


22 18 


10-11 16 


9 13 


10 19 


7 10 


18 25 


13 22 


20 11 


22 18 


25 22 


25 22 


2 7 


18 15 


7 16 


1 5 


7-2 7 


10 15 


15 19 


22 26 


25 22 


18 9 


22 18 


16 11 


26 22 


21 17 


4 8 


5 14 


6 9 


12 16 


25 30 


25 22 


9-18 15 8 27 24 


18 15 


11 7 


7 10 


17 13 


9 14 


16 20 


8 11 


16 20 


9 14 


20 24 


29 25 


23 16 


15 8 


23 16 


10 17 


Drawn 


5 9 


20 27 


3 12 


14 18 


30 25 





Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 



Var. 7. 



8 12 


6 10 


12 19 


13 17 


22 26 


31 26 


22 18 


14 7 


26 23 


18 15 


23 18 


15 10 


14 17 


2 20 


19 26 


17 22 


26 31 


26 23 


21 14 


23 16 


30 23 


15 11 


18 15 


Drawn 



Wyllie v. Vates, 1876. 







BRISTOL, 






73 






Var. 8. 








28 24 


8 11 


5 1 


13 17 


18 22 


7 11 


19 28 


25 22 


9 14 


22 13 


27 31 


2 6 


23 19 


11 15 


1 5 


14 18 


13 9 


30 26 


16 23 


26 23 


2 7 


9 14 


23 26 


6 10 


27 9 


19 26 


23 19 


18 23 


9 6 


26 17 


10 19 


30 23 


15 24 


14 18 


26 30 


21 14 


9 5 


6 9 


5 9 


24 27 


6 2 


31 26 




Wyllie 


beats Yates, 1873. 




B. wins. 






Var. 9. 








29 25 


28 19 


11 8 


3 7 


11 20 


18 23 


8 11 


16 20 


23 18 


31 27 


17 22 


5 9 


31 27 


19 15 


15 11 


7 3 


7 2 


24 27 


10 15 


20 24 


9 13 


27 23 


22 29 


9 14 


27 24 


15 11 


8 4 


4 8 


2 9 


27 31 


6 10 


24 27 


12 16 


6 10 


29 25 


25 30 


32 27 


10 7 


3 7 


8 12 


30 26 


23 27 


10 14 


27 31 


16 19 


10 14 


25 30 


30 26 


22 17 


7 3 


11 8 


12 16 


26 22 


27 32 


15 31 


2 6 


19 23 


13 17 


18 25 


26 23 


24 8 


23 18 


7 11 


3 7 


9 18 


31 27 


3 12 


31 27 


23 27 


1 6 


30 26 


23 19 


17 10 


18 15 


8 3 


16 19 


20 24 


27 31 



31 24 27 23 27 31 23 16 26 22 Drawn. 
Wyllie v. Yates, 1873. 

Var. 10. 



4 8 


31 27 


1 5 


24 20 


14 9 


2 6 


23 16 


10 15 


22 17 


9 13 


6 2 


27 31 


8 12 


27 23 


27 31 


17 14 


18 23 


15 11 


32 27 


20 24 


17 10 


31 26 


16 11 


14 9 


12 19 


23 16 


31 22 


14 10 


23 26 


6 2 


27 23 


24 27 


25 18 


26 22 


11 8 


13 17 


11 16 


16 12 


7 23 


10 6 


26 31 


11 15 


20 11 


27 31 


4 8 


5 9 


8 4 


9 14 


7 16 


30 25 


23 26 


20 16 


30 26 


15 11 


18 15 


31 27 


8 11 


9 14 


4 8 


14 10 


16 20 


11 8 


26 31 


6 2 


26 23 


29 25 


23 16 


15 19 


11 15 


22 17 


8 11 


26 23 


10 19 


8 4 


19 23 


15 19 


23 27 


25 21 


25 22 


2 7 


21 17 


14 18 


24 28 


17 22 


9 14 


4 8 


23 26 


19 24 


31 26 


11 7 


16 11 


5 9 


28 24 


17 14 


11 15 


10 14 


6 10 


8 4 


26 30 


2 6 


9 14 


Drawn. 



Yates v. A. 0. Robinson, 1878. 



74 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Var. 11. 



10 14 


26 19 


5 9 


16 7 


18 23 


6 2 


18 15 


3 7 


18 15 


22 26 


25 22 


31 27 


c-14 18 


12 3 


9 14 


7 2 


23 26 


2 6 


27 23 


9 13 


15 11 


26 31 


22 18 


27 23 


18 27 


3 10 


6 10 


2 6 


27 24 


6 10 


32 16 


6 31 


28 24 


10 14 


18 14 


24 28 


7 10 


30 26 


14 18 


29 25 


4 8 


10 14 


31 27 


31 22 


24 20 


14 18 


14 10 


13 17 


10 19 


25 18 


18 22 


6 10 


8 12 


15 19 



16 12 1 6 11 7 31 27 10 6 Drawn. 
a-19 23 20 16 2 11 10 15 26 31 

Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 

(a) 19-24, 28-19, 3-7, 12-3, 9-13, 3-10, 6-31, 20-16, 31-22, 
25-18, 1-6, 18-15, 5-9, 29-25, 9-14, 16-11, 6-9, 15-10, 14-18, 
30-26, 9-14, 26-22, 18-23, 22-18, 23-26, 18-9, 26-30, 9-5, 13-17, 
21-14, 30-21, 5-1, 21-17, 1-5, 17-13, 10-7, 13-9. Drawn.— 
W. R. Barker v. W. C. P arrow — but continue, 14-10-6, 9-14, 
11-8, and White surely wins. — R. D. Yates, Turf, March 23, 
1877. 

(6) 7-3, 9-18, 5-9, also wins for White.— C. M. P. 

(c) 7-10, 25-22, 14-18, 29-25, 9-14, 20-16, 2-7, 16-12, 5-9, 
15-11, 8-15, 21-17, 14-21, 26-23, 19-26, 30-5, 21-30, 31-26, 
30-23, 27-2. W. wins.— Scoville beaten by Yates, 1875. 



Var. 12. 



18-22 18 


7 10 


25 22 


15 18 


8 4 


17 22 


15-16 19 


17 14 


8 11 


28 24 


29 25 


11 16 


23 16 


10 17 


31 27 


18 22 


4 8 


22 17 


12 19 


22 13 


7 10 


24 19 


25 22 


16 19 


24 15 


9 14 


22 18 


14 17 


8 11 


17 22 


10 19 


18 9 


14 23 


19 16 


22 17 


19 16 


25 22 


5 14 


26 19 


17 21 


11 16 


22 17 


13- 8 11 


27 23 


10 14 


16 12 


17 14 


Drawn 


29 25 


2 7 


19 16 


22 25 


27 23 




4 8 


23 16 


11 15 


11 8 


14 17 




21 17 


11 20 


16 11 


25 29 


16 11 





Martins v. Yates, 1877. 







BRISTOL. 






71 






Var. 13. 








9 14 


17 10 


16a 


-27 24 


7 11 


28 19 


18 9 


7 14 


26 22 


16 20 


9 6 


15 24 


5 14 


29 25 


3 7 


31 27 


18 23 


2 7 


22 17 


8 11 


22 17 


14 18 


27 18 


11 15 


14- 7 10 


25 22 


11 15 


17 14 


20 27 


18 11 


27 24 


4 8 


32 27 


10 17 


26 22 


31 26 


2 7 


22 17 


8 12 


21 14 


27 31 


7 14 


24 15 


6 10 


30 26 


6 10 


6 2 


26 10 



10 19 17 13 6-12 16 14 9 19 24 Drawn. 
J. Dempster, Jr. v. Yates, 1876. 

(a) 27-23, 15-18, 13-9, 6-22, 26-17, 19-26, 31-6. W. wins.— 
F. Dunne. 

(b) 7-11, 27-23-c, 19-24, 28-19, 15-24, 26-22, 11-15, 22-18, 
15-22, 23-19, 14-18, 17-14. Drawn.— F. Dunne. 

(c) If 27-24, then B. wins. — James Smith. 







Var. 14. 








6 10 


17 13 


14 17 


19 15 


15 18 


6 2 


29 25 


2 6 


21 14 


11 18 


2 7 


26 23 


8 11 


31 27 


10 17 


26 22 


18 22 


10 15 


27 23 


11 15 


23 19 


18 25 


7 10 


1 5 


4 8 


a-27 23 


7 11 


30 7 


22 26 


2 6 


23 16 


20 24 


18 14 


3 10 


13 9 


23 26 


11 20 


28 19 


24 28 


9 6 


26 30 


15 18 


25 22 


15 24 


14 9 


10 15 


9 6 


W. wins 


8 11 


22 18 


6 10 


6 2 


30 26 





Cook beaten by Yates, 1877. 

(a) Mr. Yates was asked, after he had played 27-23 why 
he did not take the stroke. He replied, "I thought it would 
only draw," as this shows: 21-17, 14-21, 30-25, 21-30, 28-24, 
30-23, 27-2, 20-27, 32-23, 1-5, 2-9, 5-14, 22-18, 14-17, 13-9, 
17-22, 9-6, 22-26, 18-15, 10-19, 23-16. Drawn.— Turf, Game 
1796. 



7 6 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 







Var. 15 








8 11 


9 18 


11 16 


5 9 


10 14 


30 25 


16-18 14 


23 14 


28 24 


28 24 


18 9 


7 10 


9 18 


16 23 


2 6 


11 15 


30 26 


25 22 


23 14 


27 18 


24 19 


18 11 


7 10 


10 15 


10 17 


4 8 


7 11 


9 14 


13 17 


26 30 


21 14 


30 26 


25 22 


22 18 


10 14 


14 18 


16 20 


8 11 


6 10 


14 21 


17 21 


30 25 


24 19 


31 27 


14 7 


11 7 


9 6 


18 14 


11 16 


1 6 


3 10 


21 25 


21 25 


25 30 


26 23 


26 23 


32 28 


6 2 


6 2 


14 9 


6 9 


6 9 


9 13 


25 30 


25 30 


30 26 


25 21 


29 25 


21 17 


2 7 


2 7 


Drawn. 


Yates (blindfold) 


v. Capt. 


H. S. Rogers, 1876. 






Var. 16. 








25 22 


11 18 


24 19 


5 9 


20 11 


18 25 


17- 4 8 


22 15 


13 17 


26 23 


12 16 


14 10 


29 25 


19 23 


31 26 


18 27 


24 20 


25 30 


10 14 


26 19 


2 7 


32 23 


10 15 


26 22 


24 20 


7 11 


19 16 


9 13 


25 22 


30 26 


16 19 


27 24 


6 10 


30 26 


16 19 


Drawn. 


23 16 


11 18 


15 6 


8 12 


23 16 




12 19 


19 15 


1 10 


16 11 


14 18 




18 15 


9 13 


28 24 


7 16 


21 14 




Yates (blindfold) v. Arthur Hodgson, 1875. 








Var. 17. 








10 15 


15 22 


4 8 


15 24 


10 17 


17 21 


24 20 


26 17 


29 25 


28 19 


19 16 


8 4 


6 10 


11 15 


8 11 


20 24 


12 19 


21 25 


27 24 


20 11 


25 22 


17 13 


23 16 


4 8 


9 14 


7 16 


16 20 


3 7 


24 28 


Drawn. 


18 9 


24 19 


30 26 


22 18 


16 12 




5 14 


15 24 


11 15 


14 17 


28 32 





22 18 28 19 32 28 21 14 12 8 
Prof. Smith v. Yates, 1878. 

Var. 18. 
24 19 32 27 22 17 18 9 26 22 17 10 



8 11 


10 14 


2 7 


5 14 


11 15 


7 14 


22 18 


25 22 


17 10 


19 15 


22 17 


31 26 


4 8 


11 16 


6 22 


11 18 


16 19 


1 5 


27 24 


30 25 


25 18 


29 25 


23 16 


26 22 


16 20 
Yt 


7 11 
ites heats 


9 14 
Frank E. 


8 11 
Pierce. 1 


12 19 
1876. 


19 23 
B. wins 







CENTRE. 






11 15 


17 14 


3 10 


32 28 


14 18 


20 16 


23 19 


11 15 


25 22 


5 9 


22 17 


25 29 


8 11 


28 24 


18 25 


24 20 


13 22 


16 12 


22 17 


1-9 13 


29 22 


15 24 


26 17 


14 18 


15 18 


26 23 


5 9 


28 19 


18 22 


12 8 


3-19 15 


7 11 


27 23 


11 15 


17 13 


18 23 


10 19 


23 19 


9 14 


19 16 


9 14 


8 3 


24 8 


6 10 


30 26 


12 19 


16 11 


Drawn 


4 11 


14 7 


1 5 


23 16 


22 25 





Yates v. A. 0. Robinson, 1878. 



Var. 1. 



1180. 



7 11 


29 22 


15 24 


26 17 


3 


10 


16 11 


26 23 


16 20 


28 19 


19 26 


22 


17 


10 15 


12 16 


32 28 


11 15 


31 22 


14 


18 


11 7 


30 26 


6 9 


19 16 


5 9 


17 


14 


15 19 


3- 9 13 


14 10 


15 19 


17 13 


10 


17 


7 3 


a-25 22 


9 14 


22 17 


2 6 


21 


5 


B. wins. 


18 25 


24 19 


13 22 


10 7 


6 


10 




' 


W. R. Barker beats Yates, 1877. 






3-22.— W. 


wins. — M. Farnsworth. 












Var. 2. 










2 7 


27 23 


14 18 


14 10 


14 


17 


14 18 


c-14 10 


18 27 


20 16 


6-6 9 


2 


6 


19 24 


7 14 


32 23 


18 23 


10 6 


9 


13 


2 7 


26 22 


1 6 


16 11 


26 23 


6 


9 


24 27 


14 17 


22 17 


23 26 


15 10 


17 


21 


7 11 


21 14 


9 14 


17 14 


23 19 


10 


7 


27 31 


16 19 


25 21 


10 17 


11 7 


13 


17 


11 15 


23 7 


15 18 


21 14 


9 14 


7 


2 


W. wins. 


3 26 


23 19 


26 30 


6 2a 


-21 


25 




31 22 


18 22 


19 15 


5 9 


9 


14 




6 10 


24 20 


30 26 


7 3 


17 


21 






Wyllie beaten by Yates, 1876 


. 






Miserably played; 


the only 


move to lose.- 


— Turf , Game 



77 



78 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

(6) From this to the close Wyllie played the worst game 
we ever saw him play. — Turf, Game 1180. 
(c) 24-20. W. wins. — Joseph Yates. 



Var. 3. 



17 14 


16 20 


a-15 10 


18 23 


18 15 


13 22 


10 17 


24 19 


6 15 


27 18 


11 27 


25 2 


21 14 


4 8 


19 10 


20 27 


31 24 


W. wins. 


11 IS 


28 24 


8 11 


32 23 


6 15 




19 15 


9 13 


26 22 


2 6 


22 17 





Yates beaten by Capt. W. H. Broughton, 1875. 

(a) 26-23, 13-17, 32-28, 7-11, 15-10, 6-15, 19-10, 17-21, 
25-22, 18-25, 29-22, 11-15, 24-19, 15-24, 28-19, 8-11, 22-18, 
2-6, 19-15, 12-16, 15-8, 6-22, 8-4, 22-25. B. wins.— Yates 
beats E. L. Fitzpatrick, 1878. 



CROSS. 



11 15 


15 22 


4 8 


14 17 


10 14 


24 28 


23 18 


26 17 


25 22 


21 14 


19 15 


2 7 


17- 8 11 


11 15 


8 11 


10 26 


12 16 


15 19 


27 23 


24 19 


22 18 


31 22 


9 5 


7 10 


4-10 14 


15 24 


11 16 


2 6 


20 24 


19 26 


3-22 17 


28 19 


18 9 


22 18 


15 11 


10 17 


15 22 


7 10 


5 14 


16 20 


7 10 


16 19 


17 10 


17 13 


30 25 


18 14 


11 7 


17 14 


6 15 


9 14 


3 7 


6 10 


10 15 


Drawn 



1-25 18 29 25 25 22 14 9 7 2 
M. C. Priest v. Yates, 1879. 

Var. 1. 
26 17 17 13 13 6 13 9 9 6 31 24 



2-4 8 


11 15 


2 18 


16 19 


21 25 


25 22 


32 27 


26 23 


25 22 


24 20 


6 1 


24 19 


15 18 


8 11 


18 25 


14 18 


25 30 


22 18 


23 14 


23 14 


29 22 


22 17 


1 6 


19 15 


9 18 


12 16 


5 9 


19 24 


30 25 


Drawn 


30 26 


21 17 


17 13 


28 10 


27 23 




1 6 


6 9 


9 14 


7 21 


18 27 





Yates v. R. E. Bowen, 1877. 
Var. 2. 



7 10 


28 19 


8 12 


2 7 


27 24 


14 9 


17 13 


14 17 


16 11 


10 14 


23 19 


18 22 


9 14 


21 14 


15 19 


18 15 


24 27 


9 6 


25 22 


10 17 


11 7 


28 32 


15 10 


24 27 


4 8 


27 24 


19 24 


7 11 


6 24 


6 2 


32 27 


7 10 


22 18 


22 26 


13 6 


27 31 


2 6 


24 20 


24 28 


31 22 


1 10 


2 6 


30 26 


11 15 


26 23 


14 17 


7 21 


31 27 


3 7 


19 16 


17 22 


22 18 


27 23 


29 25 


24 19 


12 19 


6 2 


32 27 


18 14 


W. wins 


15 24 


23 16 


5 9 


11 7 


23 18 





W. R. Barker beaten by Yates, 1877. 
79 



8o 



R. 


D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 








Var. 3. 








23 19 


22 17 


24 20 


32 27 


23 16 


18 14 


14 23 


20 27 


16 19 


5 9 


14 17 


26 23 


19 10 


17 10 


20 16 


30 26 


21 14 


14 10 


7 14 


2 7 


14 18 


9 13 


9 25 


23 18 


26 19 


31 24 


25 22 


27 23 


26 23 


10 6 


11 16 


7 14 


18 25 


6 9 


25 30 


18 15 


19 15 


15 11 


29 22 


16 12 


23 18 


B. wins 


16 20 


12 16 


9 14 


1 5 


30 26 





Yates beats A. J. Heffner, 1877. 



Var. 4. 



4 8 9-24 20 


5 14 


25 22 


7 11 


23 7 


23 19 8- 6 10 


26 23 


11 15 


22 18 


2 11 


12-10 14 6-22 17 


11 15 


32 28 


1 5 


Drawn 


19 10 9 13 


29 25 


15 24 


18 9 




14 23 5-30 26 


15 24 


28 19 


5 14 




26 19 13 22 


28 19 


3 7 


19 16 




10- 7 14 25 9 


8 11 


31 26 


12 19 





W. R. Barker v. Yates, 1877. 



Var. 5. 



32 27 


8 11 


22 17 


26 30 


7 10 


16 19 


13 22 


31 26 


24 27 


17 13 


15 19 


10 7 


25 9 


11 15 


26 22 


30 26 


10 15 


24 27 


5 14 


19 16 


27 31 


22 17 


19 24 


7 2 


27 23 


12 19 


11 7 


26 22 


29 25 


19 23 


11 15 


23 16 


31 26 


11 7 


22 29 


2 7 


30 26 


15 19 


7 2 


3 8 


15 22 


27 31 


15 24 


16 11 


26 30 


7 2 


8 11 


13 9 


28 19 


7 16 


2 7 


14 18 


17 14 


23 26 


2 7 


20 11 


30 26 


2 7 


11 16 


21 17 


26 22 


19 24 


7 11 


10 15 


14 10 


Drawn 



Jas. P. Reed v. Yates, 1881. 



Var. 6. 



30 26 


14 18 


32 27 


6 10 


20 2 


22 26 


7-2 6 


23 14 


1 6 


23 18 


12 16 


31 22 


26 23 


9 18 


27 23 


8 12 


24 20 


17 26 


10 15 


17 14 


12 16 


17 13 


16 19 


10 14 


19 10 


18 22 


21 17 


10 17 


2 7 


26 30 


6 15 


25 18 


3 7 


18 15 


18 23 


Drawn 


22 17 


15 22 


28 24 


11 18 


7 10 





R. A. Davis v. Yates, 1877. 



CROSS. 81 

Var. 7. 



11 15 


25 22 


9 14 


19 15 


5 9 


29 25 


26 23 


10 15 


23 19 


11 18 


6 1 


26 30 


15 24 


19 10 


5 9 


24 19 


9 13 


1 6 


28 19 


6 15 


32 28 


18 23 


15 11 


14 17 


8 11 


a-22 17 


9 13 


19 15 


22 26 


21 14 


22 18 


15 22 


28 24 


1 5 


31 22 


30 21 


2 6 


17 10 


13 17 


10 6 


17 26 


B. wins 




Yates beats A. J. Heffner, 1877. 




(a) 31-27. 


May draw, but the ending is 


difficult for White 


C. M. P. 




Var. 8. 








14 18 


9 13 


6 9 


12 16 


14 18 


26 31 


22 15 


27 23 


19 15 


10 6 


9 14 


15 18 


11 18 


8 11 


11 16 


9 14 


18 23 


31 26 


32 27 


22 18 


20 11 


6 1 


14 10 


4 8 


9 14 


1 5 


7 16 


16 20 


27 31 


26 23 


30 26 


18 9 


15 10 


1 5 


11 8 


18 15 


5 9 


5 14 


16 19 


23 27 


31 27 


a- 2 7 


25 22 


26 22 


23 16 


31 24 


8 4 


8 3 


18 25 


3 7 


14 23 


20 27 


23 26 


W. wins. 


29 22 


22 18 


16 11 


5 9 


10 15 





J. Dempster, Jr., beaten by Yates, 1876 (both playing blind- 
fold). 

(a) This was a slip. I thought the white king was on 4. — 
J. Dempster, Jr. — Turf, Game 1228. 



Var. 9. 



30 26 


32 23 


17 13 


17 14 


6 2 


28 19 


11 16 


12 16 


9 14 


23 27 


10 14 


15 24 


19 15 


25 22 


29 25 


14 5 


11 7 


7 11 


16 20 


8 12 


14 18 


27 32 


3 10 


23 26 


24 19 


15 11 


26 22 


18 14 


2 7 


9 6 


14 18 


16 19 


18 23 


32 27 


23 18 


24 27 


15 10 


23 16 


22 18 


14 9 


13 9 


Drawn, 


6 24 


12 19 


5 9 


6 10 


18 15 




22 15 


22 17 


21 17 


9 6 


25 22 





24 27 2 6 20 24 27 23 19 23 
Yates v.A.J. Heffner, 1877. 



82 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 
Var. 10. 



6 15 


12 16 


3 19 


19 23 


14 17 


17 14 


19 10 


14 10 


22 15 


7 10 


25 22 


29 25 


7 14 


9 14 


14 18 


27 31 


1 6 


14 18 


24 19 


31 27 


15 10 


10 15 


22 13 


21 17 


11 16 


16 20 


18 23 


5 9 


26 31 


6 10 


19 15 


10 7 


10 7 


15 19 


19 26 


25 21 


14 18 


2 11 


23 27 


31 26 


31 22 


18 14 


21 17 


27 24 


7 3 


28 24 


30 25 


13 9 


16 19 


20 27 


8 12 


9 14 


22 17 


14 5 


11-17 14 


32 7 


3 7 


24 20 


25 21 


Drawn 




A. 0. Robinson v. 


Yates, 1878. 





Var. 11. 



25 21 


1 6 


21 14 


19 23 


10 


6 


18 22 


18 25 


32 27 


6 9 


24 20 


9 


14 


6 10 


29 22 


9 14 


13 6 


16 19 


6 


1 


8 11 


12 16 


27 24 


2 25 


15 10 


14 


18 


10 14 


17 13 


14 17 


30 21 


5 9 


1 


6 


W.wins, 



Yates beats A. 0. Robinson, 1878. 



Var. 12. 



9 14 


6 13 


23 26 


9 13 


22 31 


15 18 


18 9 


24 20 


6-32 27 


18 14 


29 6 


11 15 


5 14 


15 24 


26 30 


13 22 


8 11 


19 24 


22 17 


22 6 


22 17 


14 7 


6 2 


15 22 


16-15 18 


1 10 


13 22 


3 10 


31 26 


27 23 


14-26 22 


28 19 


25 18 


23 18 


19 16 


20 16 


13-11 15 


14 18 


2 6 


30 25 


12 19 


Drawn. 


17 13 


30 26 


21 17 


18 15 


2 7 




7 11 


18 23 


6 9 


11 18 


11 15 




13 9 


26 22 


a-27 23 


31 26 


7 11 





R. E. Bowen v. Yates, 1877. 
(a) At the 36th move (this one) of the game, Mr. Yates 
must have seen to the end of the combination, as that move 
looks like the worst possible one, and can only be drawn by 
this play. — Boston Globe, Game 556. 



CROSS. 83 

J. P. Reed (in 1881) asked Mr. Yates if he saw to the end of 

the game, and Yates replied that he did. 

(Of course 17-14, 10-17, 19-16, 12-19, 27-23, draws— CM. P.) 
(6) One of the finest games we ever saw; from this point 

out whites were played very skilfully. — Boston Globe, Game 

556. 







Var. 13. 








18 23 


21 14 


16 20 


32 23 


23 18 


12 16 


19 15 


6 10 


24 19 


31 26 


15 11 


19 23 


10 19 


14 7 


20 24 


23 19 


18 14 


16 19 


24 15 


3 19 


19 16 


26 23 


10 7 


23 27 


11 18 


25 22 


8 12 


11 8 


14 10 


19 23 


22 15 


18 25 


16 11 


23 16 


7 3 


27 31 


14 18 


27 18 


27 24 


8 4 


12 16 


Drawn, 


31 27 


12 16 


18 15 


16 19 


4 8 




7 10 


29 22 


27 31 


15 10 


1 6 




17 14 


19 23 


22 18 


19 23 


8 12 




10 17 


28 24 


23 27 


18 15 


16 19 






Yates v. 


J. F. St. Clair, 1877. 





Var. 14. 



32 27 


7 14 


30 26 


3 7 


27 20 


27 31 


15- 6 9 


24 15 


1 6 


a-31 26 


18 27 


B. wins, 


19 15 


12 16 


26 22 


7 10 


28 24 




10 19 


26 23 


16 20 


26 23 


11 18 




17 10 


9 13 


23 19 


20 24 


22 15 





(a) 19-16. 



R. D. Yates. 
Drawn. — R. E. Bowen. 





Var. 15. 








11 15 


2 6 15 


10 17 


16 19 


30 25 


26 23 


25 22 26 22 


19 3 


27 24 


7 11 


a- 7 11 


18 25 14 18 


17 22 


19 23 


W. wins 


30 26 


29 22 23 14 


3 7 


24 19 




6 9 


3 7 9 25 


11 16 


25 30 




17 13 


22 17 17 14 


24 20 


28 24 






R. D. Yates. 






8-11. Drawn. — E. Northrop, 







84 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 
Var. 16. 



6 9 


21 14 


14 17 


30 23 


22 18 


16 


11 


17 13 


10 26 


16 11 


31 26 


2 7 


15 


8 


11 16 


19 10 


17 22 


23 19 


26 23 


12 


3 


13 6 


7 14 


18 15 


26 17 


7 11 


10 


14 


16 23 


31 22 


22 26 


7 2 


23 19 


3 


7 


26 19 


11 16 


15 10 


17 22 


11 7 


14 


17 


2 9 


24 20 


26 31 


28 24 


18 14 


7 


10 


25 22 


16 19 


11 7 


21 25 


20 16 


17 


22 


9 13 


23 16 


13 17 


19 16 


14 9 


2 


7 


32 27 


12 19 


29 25 


25 30 


7 2 


B. ^ 


dns 


8 11 


20 16 


17 21 


16 12 


19 15 






27 23 


19 23 


25 22 


30 26 


10 7 






14 17 


22 18 


a-23 26 


24 20 


3 10 







J as. P. Reed beats Yates, 1878. 

(a) Certainly a good idea. — Newark Sunday Call, Game 611. 
(6) This was probably the losing move. — Newark Sunday 
Call Game 611. 

Var. 17. 



;-i2 16 


29 25 


5 14 


18 14 


27 31 


3 8 


18 11 


8 11 


19 16 


11 15 


16 11 


19 23 


8 15 


25 22 


1 6 


27 23 


3 7 


5 9 


22 18 


10 14 


28 24 


20 27 


11 8 


23 26 


15 22 


24 19 


14 17 


14 10 


7 11 


30 23 


25 18 


6 10 


21 14 


7 10 


1 5 


31 26 


4 8 


31 26 


10 17 


23 18 


11 15 


23 19 


26 23 


9 13 


23 18 


14 23 


8 3 


26 17 


16 20 


18 9 


17 21 


26 1 


15 19 


Drawn 



Yates v. A Friend, 1878. 



Var. 18 

9 14 27 23 8 11 31 26 10 17 26 17 
18 11 4 8 22 18 15 24 18 14 13 22 



8 15 
22 18 
15 22 
25 9 

5 14 



29 25 
6 9 

25 22 
9 13 

24 19 



1 5 
18 9 

5 14 
26 22 
11 15 



28 19 
3 8 
22 18 
14 17 
21 14 



Yates v. R. E. Bowen } 1877. 



7 10 
14 7 

2 11 
23 18 
17 22 



Drawn. 











DEFIANCE. 








11 


15 


18 


14 1-11 


15 


10 


14 


10 7 


10 6 


23 


19 


17 


22 


6 


1 


11 


16 


1 6 


19 15 


9 


14 


26 


17 


8 


12 


20 


11 


7 11 


6 2 


27 


23 


13 


22 


1 


6 


19 


24 


17 14 


7 10 


8 


11 


24 


20 


7 


11 


28 


19 


26 31 


13 9 


22 


18 


2 


6 


6 


10 


23 


7 


6 10 


10 6 


15 


22 


32 


27 


15 


19 


14 


17 


31 27 


9 5 


25 


9 


4 


8 


10 


14 


7 


10 


14 18 


6 1 


5 


14 


27 


24 


22 


26 


13 


9 


27 24 


27 24 


29 


25 


1 


5 


31 


22 


12 


16 


18 23 


15 11 


16- 6 


9 


23 


18 


23 


27 


9 


5 


24 20 


24 19 


25 


22 


6 


10 


14 


10 


16 


19 


23 27 


3 8 


9 


13 


14 


9 


27 


31 


5 


1 


20 16 


19 24 


2-22 


18 


5 


23 


22 


17 


19 


23 


21 17 


11 15 


14 


17 


19 


16 


31 


27 


30 


25 


16 19 


24 28 


21 


14 


12 


19 


17 


13 


23 


26 


17 13 


8 12 


10 


17 


24 


6 


27 


23 


25 


21 


11 7 


Drawn 



Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 



Var. 1. 



1 10 


2 7 


27 32 


13 9 


17 21 


18 14 


6 2 


19 23 


30 25 


7 10 


6 10 


23 19 


8 12 


7 14 


32 28 


9 6 


24 19 


14 9 


28 24 


32 28 


25 21 


28 32 


18 23 


11 15 


c-23 27 


14 17 


28 32 


6 2 


19 26 


Drawn, 


24 19 


23 27 


21 17 


10 14 


31 22 




6-27 32 


17 26 


32 28 


2 6 


32 27 




a-19 16 


28 24 


17 13 


14 17 


22 18 




12 19 


26 23 


3 7 


23 18 


27 23 





Yates (blindfold) v. Melvin Brown and J. A Mugridge, 1880. 

(a) Any other play would have lost for the allies. If 2-7, 
then 10-14, 7-16, 32-27, 31-24, 3-7, B. wins. After his op- 
ponents had made their play Mr. Yates queried them for 
the reason of their not playing 2-7. The result shows that 
he saw the game as well without sight of the board as they 

85 



86 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

did with, and consulting at the same time the effect of the 
various moves. — Turf, Game 1703. 

(6) 11-16, 20-11, 3-7. B. wins.— A. 0. Robinson, Turf. 
He queries : " Where does the draw come in for White?" 

(c) 10-15, 2-6, 23-27, 6-10-e, 27-32, 10-19, 32-27, 30-26, 
22-25, 26-23-d, 27-18, 19-15, 18-23, 15-8, 12-16, 20-11, 3-12, 
11-7, 25-30, 7-2, 30-25, 2-6, 25-22, 6-10, 22-18, 10-6, 23-27, 
24-20, 27-23, 6-10, 23-19, 10-6, 18-14, 6-1, 19-15, 1-6, 15-11, 
6-1, 12-16, 1-5, 16-19, 5-1, 19-24, 1-5, 24-28, 5-1, 28-32, 1-5, 
32-28, 5-1, 28-24, 1-6, 24-19, 6-1, 11-15, 1-6, 15-18, 6-1, 14-9. 
B. wins. — S. Z. Gorman. 

(d) 26-22, 25-30, 22-17, 27-23, 19-26, 30-23, 17-14, 11-15, 
14-9, 23-19, B. wins.— S. Z. Gorman. 

(e) 30-26, 27-32, 26-17, 32-28, B. wins.— S. Z. Gorman. 



Var. 2. 
24 20 32 28 26 22 9 6 9 6 15 



3-15 


12 16 


21 25 


7 10 


31 26 


18 15 


22 18 


19 12 


24 19 


6 2 


6 9 


5 9 


14 17 


6 10 


15 24 


10 14 


26 23 


15 10 


21 14 


h-U 9 


28 19 


2 6 


9 6 


9 5 


10 17 


5 14 


25 30 


14 18 


23 18 


10 6 


18 14 


30 26 


a-19 16 


6 9 


6 9 


16 11 


17 22 


gr-11 15 


30 26 


18 23 


15 10 


6 10 


26 17 


26 17 


22 18 


9 6 


9 5 


5 9 


13 22 


14 21 


26 19 


23 27 


10 6 


10 15 


28 24 


31 26 


18 9 


6 9 


5 1 


B. wins. 



2 6 10 14 19 15 27 31 6 2 
Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. This is the famous 47th game. 

(a) 22-18, 14-17, 18-14, 30-26-/, 14-9, 26-22-c, 9-6, 17-21, 
6-2, 7-10-6, 2-6, 10-14, 19-16, 21-25, 23-19, 25-30, 19-15, 30-26, 
15-11, 26-23, 11-8. Drawn.— J. Hedley. 

(6) 7-11, 19-16, 11-15, 23-18, 15-19, 18-15, 19-24, 2-6. 
Drawn. — J. Hedley. 

(c) 7-11, 9-6, 17-21-e, 6-1, 21-25-d, 1-6, 26-22, 6-2, 22-17, 
23-18, 25-30, 2-6, 30-26, 19-16, 3-7, 12-8. Drawn.— J. 
Hedley. 

(d) 26-31, 1-6, 31-27, 23-18, 27-31, 19-16, Drawn.— J. 
Hedley. 



DEFIANCE. 87 

(e) 26-31, 23-18, 31-26, 19-16, 17-21, 16-7, 3-10, 6-2. 
Drawn. — J. Hedley. 

(/) 4-8, 14-9, 8-11, 9-6, 30-26, 6-2, 17-21, 20-16, 11-20, 2-11, 
21-25, 11-16, 25-30, 23-18, 26-23, 18-14, 23-18, 14-9. Drawn. 
— J. Hedley. 

Variations a, b, c, d, e and /, is the solution to Problem 565. 
— Gould's Problem Book. 

(g) 4-8, 26-17, 14-21, 31-26, 21-25, 26-22, 25-30, 22-17, 
11-15, 17-13, 30-26, 23-19, 8-11, 13-9, 26-23, 19-16, 23-19, 
9-6, 10-14, 6-2, 14-18, 2-6, 18-23, 6-9, 23-27, 9-14, 19-23, 14-9, 
27-31, 9-14, 31-26, 14-9, 23-18, 9-6, 26-22, 6-9, 22-17, 9-6, 
17-13, 6-1, 13-9, 1-5, 9-6, 5-1, 7-10, 16-7, 15-19. B. wins.— 
James Wyllie. 

(h) 23-19-t, 10-17, 12-8, 3-12, 19-16, 12-19, 24-8, 4-11, 
28-24, 5-9, 24-19, 9-13, 19-16, 11-15, 16-11, 7-16, 20-11, 15-18, 
31-27, 17-21, 11-7, 22-25, 7-2, 25-29, 2-7, 29-25, 7-10, 25-22, 
10-15, 13-17, 27-24, 18-23. B. wins.— R. E. Bowen. 

(i) 23-18, 10-17, 24-19, 17-21, 19-15, 22-25, 15-8, 4-11 
28-24, 25-29, 24-19, 29-25, 31-26, 7-10, 26-23, 10-14, 18-9, 
5-14, 30-26, 3-7, 19-16, 11-15, 12-8, 7-10, 8-3, 15-18. B. wins. 
— Melvin Brown. 







Var. 3. 








4-4 8 


32 27 


12 28 


6 10 


3 8 


10 15 


b-23 18 


12 16 


20 16 


20 24 


2 6 


32 28 


14 23 


27 23 


11 20 


10 15 


8 12 


15 10 


31 27 


8 12 


18 2 


24 27 


15 10 


28 32 


2 6 


21 17 


28 32 


14 10 


27 32 


Drawn. 


27 18 


1 5 


17 14 


27 32 


10 15 




10 15 a 


-28 24 


32 27 


10 6 


32 28 




19 10 


16 19 


2 6 


32 27 


15 10 




6 15 


23 16 


27 31 


6 2 


28 32 






Wyllie 


v. Yates, 1876. 






(a) 18-14, 16-19, 23-16 


, 12-19, 


26-23, 19-26, 30-23 


, 15-18, 


22-8, 3-12, 23-19, 13-22, 


19-15, 


22-26, 15-11, 7-16, 


20-11, 


12-16, 11-7, 16-19, 7-2, 26-31, 2-6. 


Drawn. 


— Wyllie v 


. Yates, 


1876. 












(6) 22-18, 14-17, 21-14 


, 10-17, 


18-14, 17-22, 26-17 


, 13-22, 


32-27, 2-6, 27-24 


. Same as Trunk at 26th move. This is the 


way Var. 1 was 


run up. 











88 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Var. 4. 



11 15 


8 11 


2 9 


31 26 


23 19 


25 30 


32 27 


9-30 25 


18 15 


15 11 


11 16 


24 27 


15 24 


8-11 16 


9 14 


26 23 


19 15 


30 26 


28 19 


20 11 


15 10 


11 7 


16 20 


28 32 


12- 4 8 


7 16 


o-14 18 


24 27 


18 14 


26 22 


22 18 


19 15 


10 7 


7 2 


12 16 


27 24 


11- 1 5 


6-3 7 


18 22 


23 18 


15 18 


14 9 


18 9 


25 21 


7 3 


2 7 


16 19 


24 27 


5 14 


16 19 


22 26 


27 31 


13 17 


Drawn. 


26 22 


23 16 


27 23 


7 11 


19 24 




14 17 


12 19 


19 24 


31 26 


17 22 




21 14 


22 18 


23 19 


3 8 


24 28 




10 26 


5- 7 10 


26 31 


26 23 


22 25 





31 22 15 6 19 15 8 12 20 24 
Martins v. Yates, 1877. 

(a) 13-17, 10-7, 17-22, 7-2, 22-25, 2-7, 25-29, 7-11, 14-18, 
11-15 19-23. Drawn.— Martins v. Yates, 1877. 



Var. 5. 

19 23 15 11 26 23 3 7 18 22 14 9 

27 24 7 16 11 8 9 14 21 17 Drawn. 

23 26 20 11 2 6 15 11 22 26 

24 20 31 26 8 3 14 18 17 14 
a-26 31 18 15 6 9 7 10 23 18 

Martins v. Yates, 1877. 

(a) 7-10, 15-6, 2-9, 20-16, 26-31, 16-11, 31-26, 11-7, 26-23, 
18-15, 9-14, 7-2, 14-18, 2-6, 18-22, 6-10, 23-18, Drawn.— 
Martins v. Yates, 1877. 



Var. 6. 
7-2 7 3 8 16 20 24 27 26 22 24 27 



25 21 


17 14 


7 3 


23 18 


18 15 


6 2 


16 19 


7 11 


8 12 


27 31 


20 24 


27 31 


23 16 


15 10 


14 9 


18 14 


15 10 


14 10 


12 19 


11 16 


19 24 


31 26 


22 18 


12 16 


21 17 


10 7 


27 23 


22 18 


10 6 


Drawn. 



Yates v. Martins, 1877. 









DEFIANCE. 






*< 








Var. 7. 










16 19 


27 


32 


20 24 


27 24 


32 27 


28 32 


23 16 


11 


8 


8 3 


3 8 


19 


23 


25 29 


12 19 


31 


27 


28 32 


24 27 


27 


32 


32 28 


15 11 


8 


3 


11 8 


8 12 


17 


14 


22 25 


3 7 


32 


28 


24 27 


27 24 


31 


27 


28 32 


11 8 


22 


18 


23 19 


11 16 


14 


9 


23 26 


7 11 


27 


24 


27 31 


23 27 


27 


31 


31 22 


8 3 


18 


15 


19 23 


22 18 


9 


5 


25 18 


11 16 


24 


27 


31 27 


27 32 


32 


28 


32 27 


3 8 


15 


11 


23 26 


18 15 


5 


1 


29 25 


16 20 


27 


24 


27 31 


24 27 


28 


32 


27 24 


8 11 


19 


23 


26 22 


16 19 


1 


5 


18 23 


19 24 


24 


20 


32 27 


27 31 


31 


27 


24 28 


27 23 


3 


7 


8 4 


15 18 


5 


9 


25 22 


24 27 


28 


24 


27 23 


32 27 


27 


31 


28 32 


11 15 


7 


3 


4 8 


18 22 


9 


14 


10 15 


a-20 24 


24 


28 


31 27 


27 32 


31 


27 


32 28 


23 19 


3 


8 


8 11 


12 16 


14 


9 


15 19 


27 31 


28 


24 


27 24 


32 28 


27 


31 


28 32 


19 16 


8 


12 


3 7 


16 11 


22 


25 


19 24 


24 28 


24 


28 


24 27 


28 32 


32 


28 


2 6 


16 11 


23 


18 


7 10 


11 15 


18 


22 


24 28 


28 32 


28 


24 


27 31 


32 28 


28 


24 


6 9 


15 19 


18 


23 


10 7 


15 18 


9 


14 


22 25 


32 27 


24 


28 


31 27 


28 32 


24 


28 


W. wins. 


25 21 


12 


8 


7 3 


21 17 


14 


10 






Wyllie beaten by Yates, 1876 








27-31. Drawn easily. — Ben Coons. 









Var. 8. 



7 10 


2 9 


14 17 


12 19 


26 23 


9 13 


23 18 


a-25 22 


19 15 


23 16 


10 6 


10 6 


3 7 


7 10 


17 22 


26 31 


13 17 


13 17 


18 15 


22 18 


15 10 


18 15 


6 1 


Drawn. 


11 18 


10 14 


22 26 


31 26 


17 22 




22 6 


27 23 


20 16 


16 11 


15 10 





Yates v. Martins, 1877. 

(a) 19-15, 13-17, 25-21, 17-22, 21-17, 9-13, 17-14, 22-26, 
16-11. Drawn.— Yutes v. W. R. Barker. 1876. 



9° 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 
Var. 9. 



27 24 


21 17 


6 2 


19 15 


10 6 


2 6 


10- 7 10 


14 21 


30 26 


26 23 


32 28 


7 16 


30 25 


23 18 


2 7 


15 10 


24 19 


20 11 


10 14 


6 10 


10 14 


27 32 


14 18 


18 14 


25 21 


13 9 


7 16 


11 8 


a- 6 2 


B. wins 


13 17 


21 25 


14 23 


23 18 


28 24 




22 13 


9 6 


16 11 


8 11 


19 15 





2 6 25 30 23 27 18 14 



3 7 



Yates beats Martins, 1877. 

(a) 6-1, 28-24, 19-15, 18-14, 11-8, 24-19, 15-11, 14-9, 8-4, 
Drawn. — Gould 7 s Match Games, page 28. 







Var. 10. 








11 16 


20 24 


27 23 


18 22 


26 31 


24 19 


20 11 


23 19 


18 15 


3 7 


10 6 


15 24 


7 16 


24 27 


13 17 


12 16 


28 32 


28 19 


24 20 


19 15 


8 3 


7 11 


6 1 


6 9 


3 7 


27 31 


17 22 


16 20 


31 27 


19 15 


20 11 


22 18 


15 10 


11 15 


23 19 


9 13 


7 16 


31 27 


22 26 


20 24 


32 28 


15 10 


19 15 


10 7 


30 25 


15 19 


1 6 


21 17 



16 20 



2 11 23 18 24 28 27 24 10 6 



15 10 15 8 25 21 19 23 19 15 Drawn. 
Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 







Var. 11. 








14 17 


8 15 


20 27 


10 14 


26 30 


23 27 


21 14 


18 11 


31 24 


8 4 


25 21 


24 20 


10 17 


7 16 


1 6 


14 18 


30 25 


18 14 


19 15 


20 11 


18 14 


4 8 


21 17 


9 5 


17 22 


12 16 


6 10 


18 23 


25 22 


14 10 


26 17 


27 24 


14 7 


8 11 


17 13 


5 1 


13 22 


16 20 


3 10 


22 26 


22 18 


27 31 


15 11 


23 18 


11 8 


30 25 


13 9 


Drawn 



Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 







DEFIANCE. 




91 






Var. 12 








13- 2 6 


13 22 


9 13 


17 21 


18 22 


17 22 


22 18 


27 24 


11 7 


2 6 


5 9 


9 14 


14 17 


1 5 


6 9 


22 25 


14 17 


26 31 


21 14 


24 20 


7 2 


6 1 


7 3 


18 15 


10 17 


10 14 


14 17 


25 29 


22 26 


31 27 


18 15 


16 11 


23 18 


1 5 


30 23 


3 8 


7 10 


5 9 


10 14 


9 14 


25 22 


4 18 


20 16 


11 7 


18 15 


15 11 


27 24 


14 32 


17 22 


3 10 


14 18 


29 25 


22 26 


Drawn. 


26 17 


15 11 


31 27 


11 7 


23 18 





Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 



Var. 13. 
14- 15 18 14 13 22 27 23 



22 18 
14 17 
21 14 
10 17 



2 6 

23 18 
17 22 
26 17 



18 15 
7 11 

15 8 
4 11 



6 10 
14 7 

3 10 
23 18 



5 9 19 16 

31 27 12 19 

10 14 23 7 

27 23 14 23 

22 26 Drawn. 



Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 



Var. 14. 



7 11 


23 7 


11 20 


26 17 


27 32 


13 9 


22 18 


2 11 


30 26 


19 23 


2 6 


23 18 


1 5 


26 22 


14 18 


14 10 


32 27 


9 6 


18 9 


10 15 


23 14 


20 24 


6 10 


18 22 


5 14 


27 23 


15 19 


10 6 


27 23 


6 2 


19 16 


4 815-22 17 


23 27 


17 13 


28 32 



12 19 20 16 13 22 



6 2 24 28 Drawn. 



Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 



Var. 15. 



14 10 


26 17 


6 2 


14 10 


21 17 


13 9 


19 24 


a-24 28 


20 24 


27 23 


12 16 


24 28 


22 17 


10 6 


17 14 


2 6 


17 13 


9 5 


13 22 


28 32 


32 27 


8 12 


16 20 


Drawn, 



Yates v. Martins, 1877. 

(a) 24-27, 31-24, 20-27, 17-14, 27-31, 21-17, 31-26, 10-7, 
3-J0, 14-7, 8-12, Drawn.— Yates v. Martins, 1877. 



Q2 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 
Var. 16. 



11 15 


6 15 14 23 


1 5 


23 18 


19 23 


25 22 


22 18 27 18 


2 9 


9 5 


9 14 


18- 4 8 


15 22 2 6 


5 32 


12 16 


23 27 


24 20 


26 10 32 27 


21 17 


5 1 


14 10 


15 24 


7 1417-11 16 


32 27 


16 19 


22 18 


28 19 


31 27 20 11 


17 13 


a- 1 5 


Drawn 


10 15 


8 11 3 7 


27 23 


18 22 




19 10 


23 18 11 2 


13 9 


5 9 





Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 

(a) 30-25, 19-23, 25-21, 23-26, 1-5, 18-14. Drawn.— 
Yates v. Martins, 1877. 









Var. 17. 








3 


7 


2 9 


12 16 


22 17 


23 26 


5 1 


a-30 


26 


5 32 


26 22 


23 18 


1 5 


15 11 


11 


16 


21 17 


27 23 


9 5 


18 15 


14 10 


20 


2 


32 27 


14 9 


19 23 


17 14 


31 27 


1 


5 


17 14 


16 19 


5 1 


26 31 


Drawn 



Yates v. Martins, 1877. 

(a) 27-24, 6-9, 21-17, 7-10, 30-25, 10-15, 25-22, 12-16, 
17-14, 1-5, 14-10, 16-19, 10-7, 19-28, 7-2, 9-14, 18-9, 5-14. 
B. wins. — Yates beats Martins, 1877. 







Var. 18. 








7 11 


4 8 


6 9 


1 17 


21 25 


26 23 


22 18 


30 26 


17 13 


31 26 


27 24 


7 2 


15 22 


8 11 


3 7 


7 10 


25 30 


23 18 


26 17 


19 16 


13 6 


26 23 


19 16 


2 6 


11 15 


12 19 


14 18 


17 21 


11 15 


15 19 


24 20 


23 7 


23 14 


23 19 


16 11 


24 15 


15 24 


2 11 


10 17 


10 14 


30 26 


18 11 


28 19 


26 23 


21 14 


32 27 


11 7 


Drawn 



Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 



DENNY. 



10 14 


5 


14 


22 


18 


28 


32 


19 


24 


22 26 


22 18 


19 


15 


d-32 


27 


18 


22 


21 


17 


11 7 


1-12 16 


16 


19 


28 


32 


32 


27 


6-24 


27 


26 22 


25 22 


23 


16 


27 


20 


23 


18 


17 


14 


15 19 


812 


12 


28 


c-18 


23 


24 


19 


27 


31 


23 16 


e-24 19 


15 


11 


20 


16 


18 


14 


14 


9 


12 19 


7 10 


1 


6 


32 


28 


27 


24 


23 


26 


22 18 


30 25 


29 


25 


16 


12 


14 


9 


22 


25 


7 3 


3 7 


6 


10 


23 


19 


19 


23 


13 


17 


13 17 


28 24 


27 


23 


12 


8 


9 


5 


10 


14 


9 13 


16 20 


10 


15 


19 


16 


24 


27 


17 


21 


17 22 


22 17 


25 


22 


10 


7 


5 


1 


25 


30 


13 17 


11 15 


20 


24 


28 


24 


27 


31 


26 


22 


18 23 


18 11 


23 


19 


8 


3 


1 


5 


14 


10 


17 26 


7 16 


14 


18 


24 


19 


23 


19 


31 


27 


23 16 


26 22 


19 


10 


31 


27 


5 


9 


9 


5 


26 23 


9 13 


18 


25 


16 


20 


19 


23 


27 


23 


16 12 


22 18 


10 


7 


7 


10 


9 


14 


5 


1 


23 19 


13 22 


25 


30 


19 


24 


31 


27 


2 


6 


4 8 


18 9 


7 


3 


27 


23 


14 


10 


10 


15 


a- 3 7 


6 13 


30 


25 


24 


28 


27 


24 


6 


9 


W. wing 


25 18 


3 


7 


10 


15 


3 


8 


1 


6 




10 14 


25 


22 


20 


24 


24 


19 


9 


13 




18 9 


7 


10 


15 


18 


8 


12 


6 


9 





Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. This was the 50th and deciding 
game of the match, by winning which Mr. Yates acquired 
the title of "Champion of the World." 

(a) A game at first lost and then won by Mr. Yates. — 
Turf t Game 1250. 

(6) Mr. Wyllie had no draw after this move. — Turf, 
Game 1250. 

(c) If Mr. Wyllie had played 32-28, instead of this, he 
would have won the game:— 32-28, 11-8, 4-11, 10-15, 18-23. 
15-8, 23-19, 8-11, 28-24, 11-8, 2-7, 8-3, 7-10, 3-7, 10-14. 
B wins.— Turf, Game 1250. 

93 



94 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

(d) This play should have lost the game to Mr. Yates. — 
Turf, Game 1250. 

(e) Now a Bristol position, viz.:— 11-16, 22-18, 8-11, 25-22, 
10-14, 24-19, same as Trunk, or, 11-16, 24-19, 8-11, 22-18, 
10-14, 25-22, same again. 

Var. 1. 



11 16 


30 26 


3 10 


25 22 


9 13 


18 14 


26 22 


16 20 


25 18 


1 5 


22 18 


16 19 


7 10 


19 15 


9 14 


26 23 


14 17 


23 16 


24 19 


10 19 


18 9 


5 9 


21 14 


12 19 


8 11 


17 10 


5 14 


28 24 


10 17 


32 28 


22 17 


6 22 


29 25 


2 7 


19 15 


17 22 


4 8 


23 7 


8 11 


24 19 


11 16 


W. wins 



R. A. Davis beaten by Yates, 1877. 



DOCTOR. 



11 15 25 21 14 18 a-22 18 25 21 30 26 



23 19 



8 11 1-29 25 
21 17 6- 2 7 
27 23 



4 8 23 14 17 22 28 24 12 16 



9 13 
17 14 
10 17 
19 10 

7 14 



6 10 
24 20 
11 15 

28 24 



1 6 
32 28 
15 19 
24 15 
10 19 
31 27 

6 10 



26 17 
13 29 

27 24 
10 17 
24 15 
29 25 
21 14 



8 11 
15 8 
21 17 

8 4 
17 10 

4 8 
10 6 



20 2 

3 12 

2 9 

5 30 

B. wins. 



Yates beats Wyllie, 1876. 

(a) This move loses the game. — Turf, Game 1181. The 
following shows the draw: 27-24, 10-15,20-16,8-11,24-20, 
19-23, 26-10, 17-26, 30-23, 12-26, 10-6, 11-15, 6-2, 7-11, 2-6, 
15-19, 14-10, 11-15, 25-22, 3-8, 10-7, 26-30, 7-3, 8-12, 3-8. 
Drawn. — J. Maize. 

(b) 11-15, 27-23, 8-11, 31-27, 2-7, 24-20, 6-10, 27-24, 14-18, 
23-14, 1-6, 26-23, 17-26, 23-19, 10-17, 19-1. W. wins.— 
Arnold beaten by Yates, 1875. 



27 23 
3 7 

24 20 
6 10 

29 25 
1 6 

32 27 



23119 
15 24 
28 19 
8 11 
27 23 
11 15 
19 16 



Var. 1. 

23 16^23 16 

7 11 rf 15 18 

16 7&T22 15 

2 11" 10 19 

31^27 16 11 

15 19 19 24 

27 23 11 7 



7 3 

6 10 
3 7 

27 31 
25 22 
10 15 

7 11 



21 141 

18 25j 

a-30 2l| 

W wins. 



11 15 12 19 11 15 24 27 6-14 18 

E. Whelahan beaten by Yates, 1877. 

(a) Whelahan is surprised and the boys smile. — Sunday 
Miscellany, Game 1. 

(6) He didn't see it all. — Sunday Miscellany, Game 1. 

95 



DOUBLE CORNER. 



9 14 


11 16 


7 11 


15 19 


27 23 


14 9 


22 18 


29 25 


27 23 


18 14 


10 7 


15 18 


3-5 9 


7 11 


11 15 


16 20 


3 10 


27 31 


1-24 19 


18 15 


32 28 


14 10 


14 7 


17 14 


11 15 


11 18 


15 24 


19 24 


23 18 


9 6 


18 11 


21 17 


28 19 


27 23 


7 2 


18 15 


8 24 


14 21 


10 15 


24 27 


20 24 


31 27 


28 19 


23 5 


19 10 


23 18 


2 7 


14 10 


4 8 


16 23 


6 15 


27 31 


24 27 


27 23 


25 22 


26 19 


31 27 


18 14 


7 10 


10 7 


8 11 


2 7 


12 16 


31 27 


18 14 


a- 6 2 


22 18 


25 22 


23 18 


22 17 


10 15 


Drawn 




Wyllie v. Yates 


, 1873. 






White plays this ending in fine style. 


—Turf, Game 974 






Var. 1. 








25 22 


7 10 


27 24 


11 18 


17 14 


10 14 


2-11 16 


27 24 


10 19 


31 27 


22 26 


1 6 


29 25 


10 19 


24 15 


6 15 


14 10 


14 18 


8 11 


24 15 


16 19 


26 23 


a-26 31 


6 10 


18 15 


4 8 


23 16 


19 26 


10 6 


18 23 


11 18 


25 22 


12 19 


30 5 


1 10 


10 15 


22 15 


2 7 


22 17 


15 18 


5 1 


W wins 


10 19 


32 27 


8 11 


21 17 


31 24 




24 15 


7 10 


17 10 


18 22 


28 19 





Yates beaten by Capt. W. 
(a) 26-30 draws easily. — Boys 



H. Broughton, 1876. 
of the World, Game 42. 



Var. 2. 



11 15 


8 11 


3 7 


6 13 


10 14 


16 23 


18 11 


27 24 


30 26 


21 14 


25 21 


24 19 


8 15 


1 5 


9 13 


10 17 


13 17 


23 26 


24 19 


26 22 


18 9 


26 22 


22 13 


20 16 


15 24 


11 16 


5 14 


17 26 


2 6 


11 20 


28 19 


24 20 


22 18 


31 22 


28 24 


19 15 


4 8 


7 11 


13 17 


7 10 


14 18 


W. wins. 


22 18 


29 25 


18 9 


32 28 


23 14 




Two New York Players beaten by Yates , 1876. 






96 









DOUBLE CORNER. 97 

Var. 3. 



11 15 


17 13 


16 23 


23 19 


7 11 


6 1 


18 11 


14 18 


26 19 


14 23 


24 20 


14 10 


8 15 


26 22 


10 26 


21 17 


18 22 


28 24 


25 22 


1 5 


30 23 


11 18 


6 9 


10 14 


7 11 


a-31 26 


8 11 


17 14 


26 30 


1 6 


22 17 


11 16 


25 22 


6 10 


9 25 


11 15 


4 8 


27 23 


9 14 


14 5 


30 21 


19 10 


29 25 


18 27 


22 18 


10 14 


13 9 


14 7 


2 7 


32 23 


5 9 


5 1 


21 17 


6 9 


23 19 


15 18 


19 15 


23 26 


9 6 


7 10 


5 9 


23 14 


3 8 


1 6 


17 14 


B. wins 



(7. E. Lightfoot beats Yates, 1878. 
(a) 30-26. W. wins.— Turf, Game 1463. 







DUNDEE. 






12 16 


8 12 


6 10 


10 15 


14 18 


27 23 


6-24 20 


32 27 


18 15 


23 18 


26 23 


9 6 


8 12 


12 19 


2 7 


14 23 


18 27 


23 18 


4-22 18 


27 23 


15 6 


28 24 


31 24 


6 1 


2-16 19 


11 16 


1 10 


19 28 


28 32 


19 24 


23 16 


20 11 


22 18 


26 10 


24 20 


1 5 


12 19 


7 16 


9 13 


7 14 


16 19 


18 15 


27 23 


25 22 


18 9 


30 26 


21 17 


17 14 


1-4 8 


10 14 


5 14 


13 17 


32 27 


15 11 


23 16 


29 25 


25 22 


22 13 


13 9 


Drawn, 



Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 



Var. 1. 



11 16 


9 14 


1 5 


20 27 


14 17 


12 19 


20 11 


29 25 


18 9 


32 23 


21 14 


26 23 


7 16 


5 9 


5 14 


10 19 


6 10 


19 26 


25 22 


31 27 


27 24 


25 22 


14 7 


30 23 


4 8 


9 13 


16 20 


8 12 


2 20 


Drawn, 


18 15 


22 18 


23 16 


22 18 


23 16 





Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 
This position also came up in the Bristol — see Var, 7. 



Var. 2. 



3- 9 14 


27 23 


14 21 


12 8 


30 26 


11 15 


18 9 


3 8 


23 18 


11 15 


15 11 


13 9 


5 14 


23 16 


16 20 


8 11 


29 25 


20 24 


25 22 


8 12 


18 11 


15 18 


11 7 


14 17 


16 19 


31 27 


20 24 


22 15 


25 22 


15 18 


23 16 


12 19 


11 8 


31 29 


16 20 


17 21 


12 19 


27 23 


24 27 


30 26 


6 9 


24 27 


27 23 


11 16 


8 4 


21 25 


7 2 


26 22 


4 8 


20 11 


27 31 


11 16 


9 14 


Drawn. 


23 16 


7 16 


4 8 


19 24 


2 7 




8 12 


29 25 


2 7 


28 19 


22 17 




32 27 


10 15 


8 12 


25 30 


7 11 




12 19 


21 17 


7 11 


26 23 


17 13 






Yates v. 


C. Coakley, 1875. 










98 













DUNDEE. 






9< 






Var. 3. 








9 13 


27 23 


6 9 


28 24 


24 27 


25 22 


18 14 


8 12 


14 10 


2 6 


11 15 


17 26 


10 17 


23 16 


7 4 


24 20 


27 31 


30 23 


21 14 


12 19 


27 23 


10 14 


16 11 


27 18 


16 19 


32 27 


14 17 


11 7 


9 14 


15 22 


23 16 


3 8 


23 16 


14 17 


a-22 18 


9 14 


12 19 


27 23 


17 21 


7 2 


14 23 


22 26 


25 22 


8 12 


16 11 


15 19 


26 19 


Drawn. 


4 8 


23 16 


1 6 


2 7 


31 27 




29 25 


12 19 


20 16 


19 24 


19 16 




11 15 


31 27 


6 10 


7 11 


6 9 





Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 
(a) A beautiful move; any other would have made a 
difficult draw. — Turf, Game 1172. 



Var. 4. 



5-28 24 


7 16 


24 19 


24 27 


19 16 


6 9 


9 14 


20 11 


15 24 


22 18 


18 22 


3 8 


22 18 


8 15 


28 19 


14 23 


30 25 


9 14 


3 8 


25 22 


11 15 


26 19 


27 23 


8 12 


18 9 


4 8 


19 16 


27 31 


25 18 


14 18 


5 14 


31 27 


12 19 


8 3 


23 14 


12 16 


24 19 


8 11 


23 16 


31 27 


16 12 


18 23 


11 15 


27 24 


15 19 


3 8 


14 10 


16 19 


20 11 


6 9 


16 11 


10 14 


12 8 


23 26 


15 24 


32 28 


19 24 


8 11 


2 6 


11 15 


27 20 


9 13 


11 8 


14 18 


8 3 


Drawn. 




Wyllii 


i v. Yates 


, 1876. 







Var. 5. 



27 24 


18 9 


31 26 


32 27 


26 23 


13 9 


3 8 


5 14 


4 8 


11 16 


19 26 


1 5 


22 18 


22 17 


25 22 


27 24 


28 10 


9 6 


16 19 


7 10 


15 19 


16 20 


26 30 


17 13 


23 16 


29 25 


23 16 


24 15 


22 18 


6 2 


12 19 


8 12 


12 19 


10 19 


30 25 


13 9 


24 15 


26 23 


20 16 


17 10 


18 14 


Drawn 


10 19 


19 26 


8 11 


6 15 


25 22 




25 22 


30 23 


16 7 


21 17 


17 13 




9 14 


11 15 


2 11 


20 24 


22 17 





Yates v. G. D. Bugbee, 1877. 



100 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Var. 6. 
22 18 19 15 21 17 25 21 15 18 9 5 



8 12 


9 18 


19 23 


15 22 


23 26 


17 14 


18 14 


23 14 


27 18 


14 9 


18 23 


5 1 


10 17 


1 6 


20 24 


5 14 


26 30 


22 25 


21 14 


30 26 


28 19 


17 3 


32 27 


27 24 


9 18 


4 8 


16 23 


22 25 


25 29 


25 29 


23 14 


25 21 


17 14 


3 8 


21 17 


24 19 


16 20 


7 10 


8 11 


11 15 


29 25 


Drawn. 


24 19 


14 7 


22 17 


8 11 


17 13 




11 16 


3 19 


6 10 


15 18 


25 21 




26 23 


26 22 


29 25 


11 15 


13 9 




6 9 


2 7 


10 15 


18 22 


21 17 





Yates v. R. E. Bowen. 1877. 



DYKE. 



11 15 2-30 25 


11 16 


32 16 


13 17 


7 2 


22 17 


4 8 


27 23 


7 10 


25 21 


27 31 


4-15 19 


22 18 


16 20 


14 7 


3 7 


2 6 


23 16 


9 13 


23 16 


2 20 


26 23 


31 27 


12 19 


18 14 


12 19 


21 17 


7 10 


15 11 


24 15 


13 22 


31 27 


a- 9 13 


14 7 


27 23 


10 19 


25 18 1- 6 9 


17 14 


6 9 


11 8 


25 22 


8 12 


27 24 


1 6 


21 14 


20 24 


8 11 


29 25 


20 27 


18 15 


9 27 


Drawn, 



Yates v. Martins, 1877. 
(a) 3-7, 17-14, 7-11, 14-10, 9-14, 18-9, 5-14, 25-22, 11-15, 
26-23, 20-24, 28-19, 15-24, 22-18, 1-5, 18-9, 5-14. Drawn.— 
Yates v. Martins, 1877. 



3 8 32 14 
18 15 



Var. 1. 

7 14 
16 17 10 



2 6 23 26 18 27 



5 9 



6 9 25 18 



6 10 


21 17 


11 15 


6 1 


26 30 


27 23 


15 6 


8 11 


10 6 


9 14 


9 18 


Drawn, 


2 18 


25 21 


15 18 


1 6 


30 25 




27 24 


6 9 


6 2 


18 23 


21 17 




20 27 


14 10 


9 13 


26 22 


19 23 





Yates v. Martins, 1877. 



Var. 2. 



3-17 13 


26 23 


28 24 


30 26 


4 8 


15 19 


9 14 


4 8 


3 8 


1 5 


27 31 


22 15 


22 17 


29 25 


23 18 


17 14 


8 11 


19 1 


7 10 


7 11 


14 23 


10 17 


16 19 


Drawn 


27 23 


25 22 


27 18 


21 14 


11 15 




2 7 


11 15 


20 27 


11 16 


19 24 




23 16 


31 27 


32 23 


18 4 


22 18 




11 20 


8 11 


5 9 


9 27 


31 22 





Yates v. A. Schaefer, 1881. 



IOI 



102 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Var. 3. 



27 23 


32 23 


28 


19 


11 8 


14 10 


21 17 


11 16 


16 20 


27 


23 


23 27 


6 1 


23 19 


17 13 


23 19 


19 


16 


8 4 


15 11 


17 14 


9 14 


20 24 


14 


18 


18 15 


31 26 


19 24 


22 17 


19 16 


22 


15 


4 8 


11 7 


7 2 


7 10 


24 27 


10 


19 


2 7 


27 31 


15 11 


29 25 


16 12 


16 


11 


3 10 


7 3 


14 10 


4 8 


8 11 


23 


18 


15 6 


31 27 


24 20 


25 22 


12 8 


3 


8 


8 11 


10 7 


3 7 


8 11 


27 31 


9 


14 


19 23 


27 23 


11 15 


31 27 


8 3 


17 


10 


17 14 


7 2 


2 6 


5 9 


11 15 


6 


15 


27 31 


23 19 


15 11 


27 24 


26 23 


21 


17 


11 15 


2 7 


7 16 


3 8 


31 27 


19 


23 


23 27 


19 15 


20 11 


24 15 


23 19 


8 


3 


30 25 


25 21 


a- 6 2 



11 27 15 24 15 19 15 26 23 B. wins. 
Yates beats A. 0. Robinson, 1878. 
(a) Game beautifully played. — Turf, Game 1446. 

Var. 4. 



9 14 


21 17 


4 8 


22 18 


19 23 


2 9 


25 22 


5 9 


32 27 


15 22 k 


16 11 


10 15 


15 19 


17 13 


9 14 


24 8 


23 27 


17 14 


24 15 


2 6 


22 17 


12 16 


11 7 


22 25 


10 19 


5-27 24 


8 12 


31 24 


27 32 


21 17 


23 16 


8 11 


26 22 


3 12 


28 24 


25 29 


12 19 


29 25 


14 18 


24 20 


32 28 


9 6 


17 10 


7 10 


27 23 


16 19 


7 2 


Drawn 


6 15 


25 21 


18 27 


20 16 


28 19 





Yates v. Capt. W. H. Broughton, 1876. 
Var. 5. 



30 25 


8 11 


11 7 


25 22 


2 7 


1 10 


7 10 


29 25 


19 24 


17 14 


16 20 


19 15 


25 21 


11 16 


28 19 


22 18 


24 19 


10 19 


8 12 


24 20 


10 14 


14 10 


28 32 


16 32 


27 24 


14 18 


17 10 


a- 24 28 


7 11 


Drawn 


9 14 


20 11 


6 24 


26 23 


32 27 




32 27 


18 23 


7 2 


18 27 


11 16 




4 8 


27 18 


29 25 


31 24 


20 24 




22 17 


15 29 


21 17 


12 16 


10 6 





A. Schaefer v. Yates, 1881. 
(a) 12-16 is better.— N. Y. Weekly World, Game 21. 





EDINBURGH. 








9 13 


25 22 


1 6 


28 19 


3 


8 


10 15 


22 18 


4 8 


32 27 


15 24 


10 


6 


17 22 


1-12 16 


29 25 


11 15 


22 17 


2 


9 


15 19 


24 20 


6 10 


14 10 


13 22 


13 


6 


22 25 


8 12 


27 23 


7 14 


26 17 


5 


9 


31 26 


18 14 


10 17 


27 23 


9 13 


6 


2 


25 30 


10 17 


23 16 


14 18 


30 26 


8 


12 


26 22 


21 14 


8 12 


23 14 


13 22 


2 


6 


30 26 


16 19 


25 21 


6 9 


26 17 


9 


14 


22 17 


23 16 


12 19 


14 10 


24 28 


6 


10 


28 32 


12 19 


21 14 


19 24 


17 13 


14 


17 


Drawn, 




Wyllie v. Yates 


>, 1876. 












Var. 1. 










10 15 


23 7 


8 15 


21 14 


11 


15 


31 27 


25 22 


3 10 


23 18 


6 10 


27 


24 


15 18 


5 9 


26 23 


15 19 


14 7 


6 


9 


22 8 


29 25 


11 16 


30 26 


2 11 


24 


20 


13 31 


a- 7 10 


24 19 


4 8 


25 21 


8 


11 


20 11 


18 14 


15 24 


18 14 


1 6 


21 


17 


31 24 


9 18 


27 11 


10 17 


32 27 


12 


16 


Drawn, 



W$ Yates v. S. T. Allen, 1876. 

(a) 11-16, 18-11, 8-15, 24-19, 15-24, 28-19, 4-8, 22-18, 16-20, 
25-22, 8-11, 19-15, 3-8, 21-17. W. wins.— A Distinguished 
Player beaten by Yates, 1877. 



103 



FIFE. 



11 15 6-15 18 


10 15 


16 20 


1 10 


15 19 


23 19 


2-27 23 


19 10 


14 9 


9 6 


6 10 


9 14 


18 27 


6 15 


23 27 


7 11 


19 24 


22 17 


32 23 


22 17 


31 24 


6 2 


5 1 


5 9 


8 11 


8 12 


20 27 


10 15 


24 28 


10-17 13 


25 22 


25 22 


18 14 


5 1 


1 6 


8-14 18 


4 8 


12 16 


27 31 


3 8 


28 32 


19 16 


a-29 25 


23 18 


14 10 


1 6 


6 9 


12 19 


1-11 15 


15 19 


7 14 


8 12 


27 23 


26 23 


24 19 


18 14 


17 10 


13 9 


9 14 


19 26 


15 24 


19 23 


2 7 


31 27 


12 16 


30 5 


28 19 


22 18 


10 6 


9 5 


Drawn. 



Yates v. Martins, 1877. 
(a) 24-19, 8-12, 29-25, 11-15, 28-24, 15-18, 23-14, 10-26, 
31-22, 7-11, 24-20, 3-7, 19-15, 11-18, 22-15, 6-9, 13-6, 1-19, 
5-1, 12-16, 20-11, 7-16. Drawn— Yates v. W. C. Farrow, 1877. 

Var. 1. 



10 15 


19 12 


29 25 


18 15 


19 23 


9 6 


24 19 


3 8 


31 26 


22 18 


8 3 


1 10 


15 24 


12 3 


25 30 


15 11 


23 26 


5 1 


28 19 


11 16 


26 22 


18 15 


17 13 


18 15 


8 12 


3 10 


30 25 


11 8 


15 18 


1 6 


22 18 


6 29 


22 17 


16 19 


21 17 


Drawn. 



12 16 23 18 25 22 13 9 26 30 
Yates v. J. P. Reed, 1881. 

Var. 2. 



25 22 


8 11 


28 19 


8 12 


10 7 


26 31 


18 25 


24 19 


8 11 


18 9 


19 26 


7 10 


29 22 


4 8 


3-19 16 


10 15 


27 23 


15 19 


10 14 


31 26 


11 20 


17 14 


2 11 


23 18 


5-22 17 


11 15 


32 27 


12 16 


9 2 


Drawn. 


4- 7 10 


26 22 


3 8 


14 10 


11 15 




27 23 


15 24 


22 18 


15 19 


2 7 





Yates v. C. F. Barker, 1877. 
104 



FIFE. 
Var. 3. 



I0 5 



22 18 


27 31 


11 


7 


6 13 


6 10 


13 22 


10 15 


a-24 20 


2 


11 


1 5 


16 19 


15 18 


18 9 


8 12 


9 


2 


18 9 


18 22 


22 25 


15 24 


20 16 


22 


18 


5 14 


12 16 


31 26 


23 19 


11 20 


13 


9 


24 27 


21 17 


25 30 


3 8 


19 15 


20 


24 


14 18 


19 23 


26 23 


32 28 


31 26 


17 


14 


27 32 


10 15 


16 20 


24 27 


15 11 


1 


6 


2 6 


23 26 


18 22 


28 24 


26 22 


5 


1 


11 16 


22 31 


B. wins 



Yates beats Martins, 1877. 

(a) 17-14, 31-27, 21-17, 27-20, 19-16, 11-15, 16-11, 15-19-6, 
11-4, 19-24, 4-8, 20-16, 8-3, 16-11, 3-7, 11-16, 14-10, 6-15, 
7-10, 16-19, 9-6, 2-9, 13-6, 24-28, 10-14, Drawn.— W. Keller. 

(b) 8-12, 11-7, 2-11, 9-2, 15-18, 13-9, 18-22, 9-6, 1-10, 
14-7. Drawn.— W. Keller. 

Var. 4. 



14 18 


7 11 


2 18 


22 26 


12 16 


26 22 


27 23 


28 24 


24 19 


21 17 


8 11 


7 11 


18 27 


3 8 


26 23 


9 13 


16 20 


22 17 


32 23 


19 15 


19 15 


17 14 


10 7 


11 7 


8 11 


11 27 


18 22 


26 31 


20 24 


17 13 


23 19 


20 4 


15 10 


10 7 


7 3 


10 15 


4 8 


27 31 


23 18 


13 9 


24 27 


9 6 


31 26 


4 8 


8 11 


14 10 


3 7 


2 9 


8 12 


31 26 


18 14 


31 26 


27 31 


13 6 


26 23 


17 14 


11 7 


7 3 


7 10 


Drawn 


11 16 


6 9 


14 9 


26 23 


31 26 




24 20 


13 6 


7 2 


3 8 


11 7 





Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 



Var. 5. 



22 18 


10 15 


21 17 


15 22 


20 11 


24 27 


14 23 


26 22 


6 9 


23 18 


18 23 


12 8 


27 18 


12 16 


10 6 


22 26 


11 7 


27 31 


8 11 


28 24 


1 10 


6 9 


22 18 


8 4 


32 27 


3 8 


5 1 


26 31 


7 2 


31 26 


7 10 


13 9 


10 14 


9 14 


12 16 


4 8 


31 26 


6 13 


17 10 


31 26 


24 19 


23 27 


4 8 


18 14 


9 14 


14 21 


16 20 


10 7 


27 23 


8 12 


1 6 


26 22 


19 16 


27 31 


8 12 


14 10 


14 17 


18 15 


20 24 


7 3 


24 20 


2 6 


22 18 


11 18 


16 12 


Drawn 




Wyllie 


i v. Yates 


, 1876. 







106 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Var. 6. 



7- 8 11 


10 15 


28 32 


7 10 


24 28 


15 18 


27 23 


29 25 


15 11 


18 14 


9 6 


23 26 


4 8 


7 10 


32 27 


11 7 


1 10 


32 27 


32 27 


21 17 


11 8 


14 9 


5 1 


6 2 


15 19 


19 24 


27 23 


7 2 


2 6 


27 31 


23 16 


28 19 


8 4 


4 8 


1 5 


26 30 


11 20 


15 24 


23 18 


10 15 


28 32 


31 26 


24 19 


22 18 


4 8 


8 11 


18 23 


30 23 


8 11 


24 28 


18 15 


15 19 


10 15 


18 27 


25 22 


18 15 


25 22 


17 14 


5 1 


1 6 


11 15 


10 19 


2 7 


19 24 


6 10 


27 32 


19 16 


27 24 


8 4 


14 10 


13 9 


Drawn. 


15 19 


20 27 


15 11 


6 15 


10 14 




16 12 


31 15 


22 18 


11 18 


9 6 





Yates v. A. 0. Robinson, 1878. 



Var. 7. 



15 19 


8 11 


10 14 


24 27 


23 


18 


14 9 


24 15 


32 27 


17 10 


26 23 


14 


7 


1 5 


10 19 


11 15 


6 24 


27 32 


3 


10 


9 6 


31 26* 


21 17 


23 18 


23 18 


5 


1 


17 13 


3 11 


7 10 


24 27 


32 27 


18 


14 


26 22 


27 23 


29 25 


18 14 


9 6 


1 


6 


5 9 


4 8 


15 19 


27 31 


1 10 


2 


9 


6 2 


23 16 


27 23 


14 9 


22 17 


13 


6 


9 6 


11 20 


19 24 


20 24 


27 23 


31 


26 


2 9 


25 22 


28 19 


25 21 


18 14 


6 


1 


Drawn. 




Yates v. 


A. Schaefer, 1881. 









Var. 8. 



- 1 5 


27 23 


15 24 


25 21 


21 25 


18 15 


25 22 


9 14 


20 11 


3 7 


26 22 


7 11 


14 17 


30 25 


8 15 


21 14 


25 30 


15 8 


21 14 


7 11 


28 19 


10 17 


22 18 


Drawn. 


9 25 


32 27 


15 24 


22 18 


30 25 




29 22 


11 16 


27' 20 


17 21 


14 9 




5 9 


24 20 


14 17 


18 14 


25 22 





Hay ward v. Yates, 1877. 







FIFE. 






1°> 






Var. 9. 








7 11 


8 15 


10 19 


3 7 


15 18 


14 21 


25 22 


26 23 


17 10 


29 25 


31 26 


26 23 


11 16 


15 19 


6 15 


7 10 


9 14 


19 26 


22 17 


23 16 


13 6 


17 13 


25 21 


30 14 


16 23 


12 19 


2 9 


1 6 


10 15 


W. wins. 


27 11 


24 15 


21 17 


32 27 


21 17 





Yates beaten by Capt. W. H. Broughton, 1875. 



Var. 10. 



26 2318 


- 8 11 


26 19 


11 16 


30 23 


16 19 


9 1315-23 18 


17 22 


20 11 


19 26 


3 7 


24 2012-13 17 


25 21 


7 16 


10 7 


19 24 


6-15 24 


21 14 


4 811-21 17 


2 11 


14 10 


28 19 


10 17 


27 24 


16 19 


15 8 


24 27 


13 22 


31 26 


8 11 


17 14 


26 30 


32 23 


25 9 


11 16 


24 20 


12 16 


8 3 


26 19 


6 13 


20 11 


3 7 


14 10 


30 26 


Drawn, 


29 25 


7 23 


19 15 


a-22 26 


18 14 





Yates v. Martins, 1877. 

(a) 2-6, 15-11, 6-15, 11-7. Drawn.— Fates v. J. P. Reed, 
1881. 

(6) 13-22, 25-9, 6-13, 29-25, 15-24, 28-19. Back to Var. 10 
again. This is the way note a was played up. 



Var. 11. 
15 11 19 26 15 10 26 22 



16 19 



3 8 23 26 17 14 



3 8 
6 9 



Yates v. W. R. Barker, 1877. 



9 14 
7 2 



11 8 


26 31 


10 7 


22 


18 


7 3 


14 17 


12 16 


8 11 


26 30 


14 


10 


9 13 


3 7 


8 3 


16 19 


21 17 


2 


6 


11 7 


17 21 


22 26 


18 15 


30 26 


10 


7 


5 9 


7 10 


30 23 


19 23 


7 3 


1 


5 


8 11 


Drawn, 



108 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Var. 12. 



14- 3 8 


31 24 


15 18 


14 9 


19 15 


9 6 


18 14 


12 16 


14 10 


26 23 


10 6 


2 9 


10 17 


24 19 


6 15 


9 5 


15 10 


13 6 


21 14 


16 20 


23 14 


23 19 


6 1 


15 18 


13 17 


19 16 


15 18 


15 10 


32 27 


6 10 


13-27 23 


1 6 


30 26 


20 24 


9 13 


18 15 


11 16 


16 12 


17 21 


5 1 


27 23 


28 24 


20 11 


7 11 


26 22 


24 27 


1 5 


15 6 


8 24 


12 8 


21 30 


1 5 


23 19 


Drawn 


32 28 


11 15 


22 15 


27 32 


5 9 




24 27 


8 3 


30 26 


5 9 


10 15 





Yates beats Martins, 1877. 



Var. 13. 



14 9 


1 5 


32 27 


14 17 


14 9 


24 27 


11 16 


31 26 


4 8 


18 14 


16 20 


B. wins. 


20 11 


5 14 


27 23 


11 16 


9 5 




8 24 


25 22 


8 11 


20 11 


20 24 




27 20 


17 21 


22 18 


7 16 


5 1 





Yates beats W. R. Barker, 1877. 



11 16 17 22 



18 14 
10 17 
21 14 
13 17 
27 18 



Var. 14. 
4 8 



7 23 12 16 19 23 



21 17 
3 7 
17 13 
16 19 
14 9 



32 28 

1 5 
9 6 

2 9 
13 6 



7 10 14 17 18 27 



20 11 25 21 18 15 15 11 



6 2 
5 9 
2 7 
9 14 

7 2 



2 6 31 24 



8 15 10 14 14 18 



Yates v. C. Coakley, 1878. 



6 9 
15 18 

9 13 
23 26 
30 23 



Drawn. 



FIFE. 
Var. 15. 



109 



25 22 


21 


25 


18 


14 


28 


24 


7 


3 


15 8 


17-11 15 


19 


15 


3 


7 


19 


15 


17 


14 


4 11 


27 24 


2 


7 


14 


9 


a-26 


23 


3 


7 


23 19 


4 8 


15 


8 


30 


26 


15 


10 


15 


10 


11 7 


21 17 


7 


14 


6 


2 


24 


19 


7 


3 


19 15 


8 11 


18 


9 


7 


10 


10 


6 


23 


19 


7 2 


23 18 


5 


14 


2 


7 


19 


15 


8 


4 


15 10 


1 5 


8 


4 


10 


14 


3 


8 


19 


15 


31 26 


32 28 


25 


30 


9 


6 


15 


10 


3 


8 


18 14 


10 14 


4 


8 


14 


17 


6 


2 


14 


9 


26 23 


17 1016-14 


17 


28 


24 


22 


25 


8 


3 


14 9 


7 23 


8 


11 


26 


30 


8 


3 


15 


8 


23 19 


19 10 


17 


22 


24 


19 


25 


29 


4 


11 


9 5 


23 27 


11 


15 


22 


18 


2 


7 


10 


15 


20 16 


22 18 


22 


25 


7 


11 


10 


15 


11 


8 


10 6 


13 17 


15 


10 


17 22 


3 


8 


18 


23 


2 9 


30 26 


25 


29 


6 


2 


29 


25 


3 


7 


5 14 


27 32 


23 


18 


30 


26 


7 


3 


9 


14 


16 11 


24 19 


29 


25 


2 


7 


25 


22 


7 


11 


14 10 


17 21 


10 


6 


32 


28 


3 


7 


14 


18 


11 8 


26 23 


25 


22 


7 


3 


22 


17 


8 


4 


B. wins. 



Yates beats J. P. Reed, 1881. 
(a) Mr. Yates did not appear to want the man on 15. — 
24-19, 20-16, 19-10, 11-7, W. wins.— Newark Sunday Call, 
Game 604. 

Var. 16. 



12 16 


19 15 


14 17 


3 8 


27 24 


8 3 


20 11 


22 18 


7 3 


26 30 


16 12 


25 29 


3 12 


15 10 


17 22 


11 16 


18 15 


11 7 


11 7 


12 16 


2 7 


22 25 


20 16 


10 15 


30 25 


7 2 


19 23 


28 24 


24 19 


7 2 


23 19 


16 19 


7 11 


32 27 


16 11 


29 25 



25 22 10 7 23 26 24 20 15 10 Drawn. 
Wyllie v. Yates, 1873. 



Var. 17. 



1 5 


10 17 


4fll 


11 15 


19 23 


9 14 


22 18 


21 14 


30 25 


27 23 


22 17 


18 9 


3 8 


2 6 


13 17 


6 9 


12 19 


5 14 


18 15 


19 15 


25 22 


23 18 


17 13 


7 2 


11 18 


8 11 


17 26 


15*19 


7 10 


14 18 


23 14 


15 8 


31 22 


20 16 


14 7 


Drawn 



Yates (blindfold) v. C. Hefter, 1877. 



no 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 







Var. 18. 








19-10 14 


7 10 


11 18 


14 17 


17 22 


12 19 


25 22 


25 22 


23 14 


1 5 


5 9 


24 15 


8 11 


3 7 


17 22 


22 26 


26 30 


31 27 


22 18 


22 18 


14 9 


31 22 


32 28 


10 6 


1 5 


14 17 


7 10 


17 26 


30 26 


27 23 


18 9 


21 14 


9 5 


19 15 


27 24 


15 10 


5 14 


10 17 


10 14 


13 17 


26 31 


4 8 


30 25 


18 15 


5 1 


15 10 


20 16 


Drawn, 



Yates v. W. R. Barker, 1877. 







Var. 19. 








1 5 


6 10 


7 10 


17 22 


26 31 


12 16 


25 22 


23 18 


14 7 


20 16 


8 11 


11 20 


8 11 


a-17 21 


3 10 


9 14 


31 27 


18 11 


22 18 


27 23 


27 23 


16 11 


10 6 


20 24 


2 6 


10 17 


5 9 


14 18 


23 26 


11 15 


31 26 


32 27 


23 18 


11 4 


30 23 


Drawn, 


13 17 


4 8 


10 14 


18 23 


27 18 




21 14 


18 15 


19 15 


4 8 


6 2 




10 17 


11 18 


14 23 


22 26 


21 25 




18 14 


23 14 


26 19 


15 10 


19 15 





Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 

(a) 12-16, 19-12, 10-15, would only draw.— Turf, Game 
1167. 









GLASGOW. 










11 15 


9- 4 


8 


7 


10 


18 


23 


18 


22 


32 27 


23 19 


29 


25 


31 


22 


2 


7 


11 


7 


18 22 


8 11 


5-19 


24 


10 


15 


22 


26 


22 


26 


27 23 


22 17 


3-17 


14 


19 


10 


7 


10 


7 


10 


30 25 


11 16 


9 


18 


6 


15 


26 


31 


26 


31 


24 28 


24 20 


22 


15 


21 


17 


13 


9 


15 


18 


15 10 


16 23 


10 


19 


9 


13 


31 


26 


31 


27 


28 24 


27 11 


32 


28 


17 


14 


9 


6 


10 


14 


10 14 


7 16 


1- 8 


11 


13 


17 


26 


22 


9 


13 


24 27 


20 11 


25 


22 


22 


13 


6 


2 


18 


22 


25 21 


3 7 


5 


9 


15 


22 


22 


18 


27 


24 


27 32 


14-28 24 


22 


18 


14 


10 


2 


7 


22 


18 


14 10 


7 16 


2 


7 


11 


15 


1 


5 


23 


27 


32 28 


11-24 20 


26 


23 


10 


7 


7 


11 


18 


15 


21 17 


16 19 


19 


26 


15 


18 


5 


9 


27 


32 


23 18 


25 22 


28 


19 


7 


2 


10 


15 


14 


18 


Drawn 



Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 



2-5 9 



8 11 



Var. 1. 
1 5 



2 6 21 25 11 18 



25 22 


30 23 


31 26 


21 17 


9 6 


2 6 


;- 9 14 


6-6 9 


5 14 


14 21 


25 30 


10 14 


26 23 


22 18 


26 22 


a-23 18 


6 2 


6 10 


19 26 


9 13 


13 17 


6 10 


30 26 


26 30 


28 19 


18 9 


22 13 


13 9 


18 15 


Drawn 



W. R. Barker v. Yates, 1873. 

(a) 20-16. 11-20, 19-15, 21-25, 23-18, 25-30, 18-14, 30-26, 
14-9. Drawn.— W. R. Barker v. Yates, 1873. 

(6) 6-10, 22-18, 1-5, 18-9, 5-14, 31-26, 11-15, 19-16, 12-19, 
23-16, 14-18, 16-11, 18-23, 26-19, 15-24, 11-8, 10-14, 8-3, 
24-27, 3-8, 27-31, 8-11, 14-18, 20-16, 18-23, 16-12, 31-26. 
Drawn. — Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 

(c) 6-10, 22-18, 9-14, 18-9, 1-5, 9-6, 2-9, 20-16, 9-14, 
26-23, 19-26, 28-19, 5-9, 31-22, 9-13, 30-25, 8-11. Drawn.— 
W. R. Barker v. Yates, 1873. 

in 



112 



R. 


D. YATES 


, CHECKER PLAYER. 








Var. 2. 








6 10 


15 22 


6 10 


24 28 


27 23 


23 19 


25 22 


23 7 


17 13 


31 26 


18 14 


17 14 


8 11 


2 11 


11 15 


28 32 


10 15 


19 15 


22 18 


28 19 


30 26 


26 22 


14 10 


13 9 


a-10 15 


1 6 


15 24 


32 27 


15 18 


15 11 


26 23 


21 17 


26 17 


22 18 


10 6 


Drawn 



M. C. Priest v. Yates, 1875. 

(a) 10-14, 18-9, 5-14, 26-23, 19-26, 28-19, 2-6, 30-23, 
11-15, 19-10, 6-15, 31-26, 15-19, 23-16, 12-19, 26-22, 19-24, 
Drawn. — Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 



Var. 3. 



17 13 


10 15 


22 17 


12 16 


18 9 


15 18 


:- 9 14 


32 28 


24 28 


a-27 24 


27 25 


16 19 


26 23 


6 10 


17 13 


10 15 


6 2 


25 30 


8 11 


28 19 


1 6 


26 22 


16 19 


19 16 


22 18 


15 24 


30 26 


6 10 


2 7 


10 14 


5 9 


13 6 


28 32 


13 6 


19 28 


Drawn 



25 22 2 9 31 27 32 27 7 16 

W. R. Barker v. Yates, 1873. 

(a) 26-22, 32-28, 22-17, 28-24, 18-15, 10-26, 17-1, 24-31, 
13-6, 16-19, 6-2, 19-23-6, 1-6. Drawn.— Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 

(b) 11-15, 2-6, 15-18, 6-10, 18-23, 10-15, 19-24, 15-18, 
24-28. Drawn.— W. R. Barker v. Yates, 1877. 







Var. 4. 






8 11 


26 23 


7 10 30 26 


14 18 


19 15 


22 18 


10 15 


32 28 24 28 


17 14 


28 32 


9 14 


25 22 


15 20 16 


10 17 


B. wins. 


18 9 


2 7 


28 19 11 20 


21 14 




5 14 


6-22 17 


15 24 a-23 19 


20 24 





W. R. Barker beats Yates, 1873. 

(a) 26-22, 28-32, 22-18, 5-9, 18-15. Drawn.— C. Hefter. 

(b) 23-19, 7-10 or 6-10 must be the reply, when 32-28, 
and White wins in a walk. — W. Reid. 







GLASGOW. 




II; 






Var. 5. 








10 15 


17 14 


10 15 


22 17 


24 20 


19 23 


17 13 


10 17 


8 3 


26 23 


7 3 


24 20 


2 7 


25 22 


1 10 


6 10 


20 24 


23 27 


7-21 17 


17 26 


3 8 


23 19 


3 7 


20 16 


6- 7 10 


30 16 


15 22 


17 14 


24 20 


6 10 


20 16 


24 28 


8 6 


19 24 


7 11 


5 9 


19 23 


16 12 


22 25 


10 6 


20 24 


10 15 


26 19 


8 11 


31 26 


24 20 


11 15 


9 13 


15 24 


12 8 


25 30 


14 10 


24 20 


15 10 


22 18 


6 10 


26 22 


20 24 


15 19 


13 17 


12 19 


13 6 


30 26 


10 7 


20 24 


Drawn 




Martins v. Yates, 1877. 







Var. 6. 
6- 8 11 25 21 10 28 7 2 18 22 18 27 
32 28 5 9 17 10 15 19 10 15 32 23 



7 10 


28 24 


6 


15 


23 16 


19 23 


22 17 


26 23 


11 16 


13 


6 


12 19 


15 18 


23 18 


19 26 


20 11 


1 


10 


2 7 


22 26 


17 13 


30 23 


15 18 


11 


7 


14 18 


31 22 


18 14 


9 14 


22 15 


10 


14 


a- 7 10 


28 32 


Drawn, 



Yates v. F. E. Pierce, 1875. 

(a) This is now the famous position known as ' 'Martins' 
Rest." 

(6) 7-11, 26-23, 19-26, 30-23, 12-16, 23-18-c, 8-12, 32-28, 
16-19, 31-26, 9-14, 17-10, 19-23, 26-19, 15-24, 28-19, 6-24, 
18-14, 24-28, 22-17, Drawn.— Yates v. James Hill, 1878. 

(c) 32-27, W. wins.— R. D. Yates. 

Var. 7. 



31 27 


26 23 


19 16 


2 7 


8 3 


17 10 


8 11 


19 23 


11 15 


26 23 


23 26 


18 14 


1-27 23 


30 23 


16 11 


20 16 


3 8 


11 18 


9 14 


5 9 


23 26 


23 18 


26 30 


6 29 


23 16 


/-32 28 


11 7 


16 12 


28 24 


13 6 


12 19 


15 18 


26 30 


15 19 


e-30 26 


1 It) 


22 17 


23 19 


7 2 


12 8 


a- 8 11 


B. wins, 


7 10 


18 23 


30 26 


19 23 


10 15 





W. R. Barker beats Yates, 1873. 

(a) Caught. Evidently playing for 26-22, 24-19, 22-29, 
19-15. W. wins. 24-19 is the play.— Turf, Game 1088. 
Continue, 18-15-6, 25-22, 15-24, 22-18, 14-23, 7-5, 6-10, 8-11, 
26-22, 5-9, 22-18, 9-14, 18-9, 13-6, 1-5, 6-2, 5-9, 17-13. W, 
wins. — Wm. Fairgrieve. 



114 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 



(&) 26-23-c, 8-11, 23-16, 11-20, 18-23, 25-22. W. wins.— 
Wm. Fairgrieve. 

(c) 26-22-d, 8-11, 22-29, 19-15. W. wins.— Wm. Fair- 
grieve. 

(d) 18-23, 8-12, W. wins.— Wm. Fairgrieve. 

(e) 10-15, 17-10, 15-19, 24-15, 18-2, 8-11, 6-15. Drawn. 
(/) 25-22, 11-16, 20-11, 15-18, 22-15, 10-26, 17-10, 6-15, 

13-6, 1-10, 11-7. Drawn.— C. Hefter. 

Var. 8. 



21 17 


26 23 


32 28 


11 7 


22 17 


7 14 


19 24 


31 26 


11 15 


10 15 


5 9 


22 13 


27 23 


23 19 


18 11 


19 10 


13 6 


14 10 


24 27 


15 24 


9 14 


6 15 


1 10 


15 19 


23 18 


30 23 


28 19 


7 3 


3 7 


Drawn 


27 31 


7 10 


14 30 


30 25 


25 22 





Yates v. C. Freeman, 1877. 



Var. 9. 



9 14 


8 11 


19 26 


5 9 


12 16 


15 31 


10-17 13 


22 17 


30 23 


31 26 


20 11 


10 7 


4 8 


11 15 


15 18 


18 22 


10 15 


31 24 


29 25 


26 23 


a-32 27 


25 18 


17 10 


B. wins, 



R. D. Yates, Turf, Game 1308. 

(a) This move was suggested by Mr. Percey, to win for 
White, and was followed by 2-7, which loses. — R. D. Yates, 
Turf, Game 1308, 







Var. 10. 








22 18 


25 21 


18 14 


21 17 


6 2 


24 19 


14 23 


1 6 


26 30 


22 26 


19 24 


27 24 


17 14 


21 14 


15 10 


17 13 


32 28 


19 16 


10 17 


6 10 


5 9 


26 31 


24 27 


31 27 


21 14 


30 25 


14 5 


13 9 


2 7 


16 12 


2 7 


10 17 


7 14 


30 26 


26 31 


27 23 


29 25 


25 21 


5 1 


9 6 


7 16 


12 8 


a- 4 8 


19 23 


8 11 


26 23 


12 19 


23 19 


31 27 


26 19 


1 6 


6 2 


10 15 


15 10 


6 10 


17 22 


14 18 


31 26 


19 23 


26 31 


27 18 


19 15 


6 10 


2 6 


28 24 


8 3 


10 17 


22 26 


18 22 


23 19 


23 26 


Drawn 



Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 

(a) 6-9, 26-22, 9-18, 22-15, 7-11, 15-8, 4-11, 31-27, 5-9, 
27-18, 1-5, 25-22, 9-14, 18-9, 5-14, 32-28, 12-16, 30-25, 19-23, 
25-21, 23-26, 22-17. Drawn.— M. C. Priest v. Yates, 1878. 







GLASGOW. 




"5 






Var. 11. 








25 22 


22 18 


21 14 


16 11 


31 24 


8 12 


12-10 15 


15 22 


9 18 


19 23 


20 27 


27 31 


24 20 


25 18 


20 16 


11 4 


7 3 


12 16 


16 19 


7 10 


18 23 


12 16 


30 26 


31 27 


17 13 


32 28 


26 22 


15 11 


3 7 


18 15 


4 8 


10 14 


23 26 


16 20 


27 31 


W. wins 



30 25 18 15 22 18 a-11 7 



4 8 



2 7 14 17 26 30 23 27 31 27 
R. D. Yates, Boys of the World, Game 219. 

(a) In game 214, Boys of the World, 4-8 is played, allow- 
ing Black to draw. — R. D. Yates, 



Var. 12. 



13-16 20 


15 18 


24 27 


26 22 


16 19 


18 22 


31 27 


24 19 


25 22 


18 14 


2 7 


23 18 


4 8 


11 15 


12 16 


22 18 


1 6 


21 25 


17 13 


19 10 


23 18 


15 11 


11 8 


8 11 


8 11 


6 15 


27 31 


18 9 


19 24 


25 30 


26 23 


21 17 


18 15 


13 6 


30 26 


11 15 


9 14 


14 21 


20 24 


2 9 


24 28 


30 26 


22 18 


23 14 


22 17 


17 13 


8 3 


18 14 


a-10 15 


15 19 


24 27 


9 14 


28 32 


26 23 


18 9 


14 10 


32 23 


10 7 


3 8 


7 11 


5 14 


19 24 


31 26 


14 18 


32 27 


W. wins, 


29 25 


27 23 


23 18 


7 2 


26 23 





W. R. Barker beaten by Yates, 1877. 

(a) 5-9. B. wins.— W. R. Barker, N. E. C. P. Game 175. 
Continue 32-28-6, 10-15, 30-25, 15-22, 25-18, 2-7, 24-19, 
20-24, 27-20, 7-10, 20-16, 11-20, 29-25, 20-24, 18-15, 24-27, 
15-11, 27-31, 11-7, 31-27. B. wins.— A. R. Bowdish, N. E. C. 
P. Game 211. 

(6) 30-25-d, 10-15, 25-22, 6-10, 13-6, 2-9, 29-25, 1-5, 
32-28-c, 9-13, 18-9, 5-14, 23-19, 11-16. B. wins.— A. R. 
Bowdish. 

(c) 23-19, 14-23, 27-18, 20-27, 32-23, 15-24. B. wins.— 
A. R. Bowdish. 

(d) 29-25, 10-15, 25-22, 6-10, 13-6, 2-9, 30-25. Same as 
note b again. 



Il6 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Var. 13. 



4 8 


16 20 


7 11 


18 25 


1 10 


15 31 


17 13 


31 27 


25 22 


17 14 


21 7 


2 7 


9 14 


11 15 


5 9 


10 17 


25 30 


26 19 


22 17 


23 19 


30 26 


19 10 


7 2 


7 23 


8 11 


2 7 


14 18 


6 15 


30 26 


31 27 


26 23 


29 25 


6-26 23 


13 6 


24 19 


a-23 19 




A. Schaefer v. Yates, 1877. 




Drawn. 



(a) Though Blacks have the man, still they cannot win . 
Chicago Tribune, Game 24. 

(b) Beautiful play. — Chicago Tribune, Game 24. 

Var. 14. 



25 22 


29 25 


23 9 


17 14 


25 21 


11 2 


7 16 


4 8 


16 23 


10 17 


1 5 


6 9 


22 18 


31 27 


26 19 


21 14 


21 17 


32 23 


9 14 


8 11 


15 24 


2 7 


12 16 


9 27 


18 9 


27 23 


28 19 


19 15 


15 11 


2 7 


5 14 


11 15 


14 18 


18 23 


23 27 


Drawn. 



S. T. Allen v. Yates, 1876. 



KELSO. 



10 15 


5 14 


11 16 


14 18 


31 26 


29 25 


3-23 19 


13 9 


19 15 


31 26 


9 6 


10 7 


6 10 


8. 11 


7 11 


16 19 


2 9 


3 10 


22 17 


22 17 


15 8 


32 28 


13 6 


14 7 


9 14 


15 18 


4 11 


23 27 


15 18 


18 22 


25 22 


2-17 13 


29 25 


26 23 


6 2 


7 3 


11 16 


10 15 


1-11 15 


19 26 


26 22 


22 26 


17 13 


24 19 


26 22 


30 14 


17 14 


Drawn 


16 23 


15 24 


18 23 


27 31 


22 29 




27 9 


28 19 


22 17 


14 10 


21 17 





Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 



Var. 1. 



3 7 


2 9 


12 16 


27 31 


26 23 


7 


2 


26 22 


13 6 


31 24 


15 19 


24 20 


6 


1 


18 23 


7 11 


20 27 


31 27 


23 19 


2 


7 


9 6 


6 2 


18 15 


13 9 


6 2 


1 


6 


1 10 


15 19 


27 31 


27 31 


22 18 


7 


2 


22 18 


2 7 


25 22 


9 6 


21 17 


14 


9 


14 17 


a-19 24 


16 20 


21 25 


19 15 


2 


7 


21 14 


7 3 


22 17 


30 21 


2 6 


6 


2 


10 17 


16 20 


31 26 


26 30 


15 11 


7 


11 


18 14 


3 8 


15 11 


19 26 


6 9 


9 


6 


11 15 


11 15 


20 24 


31 22 


11 7 


15 


10 


14 9 


8 11 


17 13 


32 28 


17 14 


6 


1 


17 21 


24 27 


24 27 


30 26 


18 15 


W. w 


ins 


9 6 


11 18 


11 15 


28 24 


9 6 







Wyllie beaten by Yates, 1876. 

(a) Wyllie was playing a game to win, by having a man 
ahead, but failed; 23-26 was the proper move, with an easy 
draw —Turf, Game 1169. 

117 



Il8 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Var. 2. 



24 19 


10 17 


29 25 


2 7 


26 10 


1 10 


11 16 


28 24 


17 21 


20 16 


28 32 


30 26 


17 13 


7 11 


31 26 


18 23 


9 6 


21 30 


16 23 


19 15 


11 15 


16 11 


32 27 


2 7 


26 19 


12 16 


24 20 


7 16 


6 2 


30 23 


14 17 


15 8 


16 19 


28 24 


6-16 19 


6 31 


21 14 


4 11 


32 28 


19 28 


a-10 6 


Drawn, 



Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 

(a) A stroke that let's up in good time. — Turf, Game 1169. 
(6) 27-23, is the stronger play.— Turf, Game 1169. 



Var. 3. 
21 17 a-11 16 15 6 12 16 25 22 12 16 



9 13 


26 22 


1 17 


24 20 


26 


30 


7 11 


17 14 


6 9 


25 21 


16 19 


29 


25 


16 19 


6-15 18 


22 15 


17 22 


15 11 


2 


6 


18 14 


22 15 


9 18 


18 15 


7 16 


11 


7 


19 24 


11 18 


23 14 


3 7 


20 11 


4 


8 


14 10 


24 19 


16 23 


30 25 


19 23 


7 


3 


W. wins. 


8 11 


27 18 


22 26 


22 18 


8 


12 




28 24 


7 10 


31 22 


23 26 


3 


7 





E. L. Fitzpatrick beaten by Yates (blindfold), 1878. 

(a) Published play gives 4-8 to draw. — C. M. P. 
(6) Drummond gives this as a losing move. — Turf, Game 
1431. 



LAIRD AND LADY. 



11 


15 


7- 2 


6 


10 


15 


23 


27 


27 


32 


9 13 


23 


19 


29 


25 


17 


13 


14 


10 


2 


6 


11 16 


8 


11 


6-11 


16 


15 


22 


27 


31 


20 


16 


13 17 


22 


17 


26 


23 


13 


9 


11 


15 


18 


15 


16 20 


9 


13 


5-13 


17 


3-22 


26 


19 


16 


32 


27 


27 23 


17 


14 


25 


22 


9 


6 


10 


6 


6 


2 


28 24 


10 


17 


17 


26 


26 


31 


32 


27 


16 


20 


23 18 


21 


14 


31 


22 


6 


2 


6 


2 


15 


18 


24 19 


15 


18 


3- 6 


10 


a-31 


27 


16 


20 


27 


32 


17 22 


14-19 


15 


22 


17 


23 


19 


15 


18 


2 


6 


20 16 


4 


8 


8 


11 


27 


23 


20 


16 


32 


27 


22 26 


13-24 


19 


27 


24 


19 


15 


18 


15 


6 


2 


16 11 


6 


10 


16 


20 


11 


18 


16 


20 


20 


16 


26 31 


15 


6 


23 


18 


2 


11 


15 


18 


18 


15 


19 15 


1 


17 


20 


27 


23 


19 


27 


32 


5 


9 


18 14 


25 


22 


32 


23 


11 


16 


2 


6 


15 


11 


11 16 


18 


25 


6-12 


16 


18 


23 


32 


27 


16 


7 


31 26 


30 


14 


19 


12 


1-16 


11 


6 


2 


2 


11 


Drawn. 



Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 

(a) 31-26, 23-18, 7-10, 14-7, 3-10, 2-6, 10-15, 18-14, 15-19, 
6-10, 11-16, 12-8, 16-20, 8-3, 26-23, 3-7, 19-24, Drawn.— 
W. R. Barker v. Yates, 1873. 

(6) 10-15, 19-10, 5-9, 14-5, 7-21, 23-19, 21-25, 19-15, 12-16, 
15-8, 3-12, 5-1, 16-19, 1-6, 25-30, 6-10, 12-16, 18-15, 30-26, 
15-11, 26-23, 11-7, 16-20. Drawn.— Martins v. Yates, 1877. 

Var. 1. 



14 10 


26 30 


16 11 


21 25 


19 16 


25 21 


19 15 


28 24 


9 13 


8 11 


30 26 


20 24 


10 6 


30 26 


11 8 


10 14 


2 7 


21 17 


c-15 10 


24 20 


13 17 


11 15 


26 30 


24 27 


a- 6 2 


26 22 


8 4 


14 18 


16 20 


17 13 


23 26 


20 16 


17 21 


15 10 


30 25 


27 32 


16 19 


5 9 


4 8 


25 30 


7 11 


Drawn. 



Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 

(a) 6-1, 23-27, 16-11, 27-31, 11-7-6, 10-14, 1-6, 3-10, 6-15, 
5-9, 12-8, 9-13, 8-3, Drawn.— Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 

119 



120 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 



(6) 28-24, 5-9, 11-7, 10-14, 7-2, 9-13, 1-6, 31-27, 24-20 
14-9, 20-16, 9-5, 16-11, 13-17, 11-8, 17-22, 8-4. Drawn.- 
Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 

(c) 23-27, 16-19, 15-24, 28-19, 27-32, 6-2, 5-9, 2-6, 9-14, 
19-16, 14-18, 6-10, 18-23, 10-15, 23-27, 12-8. Drawn.— 
Martins v. Yates, 1877. 

Var. 2. 



7 10 


28 24 


27 24 


16 11 


22 26 


16 11 


14 7 


26 31 


19 16 


a-17 22 


7 2 


23 27 


5 14 


23 19 


11 15 


6 10 


26 31 


11 8 


7 2 


6-31 27 


2 6 


15 19 


20 16 


27 32 


22 26 


24 20 


14 17 


11 7 


19 23 


Drawn. 



Martins v. Yates, 1877. 

(a) 17-21, 11-8, 24-19, 8-4, 15-18, 20-16, 18-22. Drawn. 
— Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 

(6) 11-16, 19-15, 16-20, 24-19, 20-24, 2-6, 14-18, 6-10, 
24-28, 15-11, 28-32, 11-7, 18-23, 7-2, 23-26, 10-15, 32-27, 
19-16, 26-30. 16-11. Drawn.— Martins v. Yates, 1877. 



Var. 3. 



8 11 


4 8 


19 24 


15 11 


14 17 


16 19 


4-22 18 


22 26 


28 19 


18 23 


16 19 


26 22 


16 20 


8 11 


26 31 


19 15 


17 22 


19 16 


19 15 


6 10 


27 23 


5 9 


19 16 


22 17 


7 10 


18 15 


31 27 


32 28 


22 26 


16 19 


15 8 


10 19 


23 18 


23 18 


16 19 


17 14 


10 17 


23 16 


27 23 


16 19 


26 30 


19 16 


8 4 


12 19 


18 15 


9 14 


19 16 


14 9 


17 22 


o-ll 16 


23 18 


19 16 


30 26 


B. wins, 



Wyllie beats Yates, 1873. 
(a) 27-24, draws easily.— C. M. P. 



Var. 4. 



28 24 


10 14 


6 2 


17 21 


20 11 


22 26 


6 10 


18 9 


26 31 


14 18 


18 22 


27 23 


14 9 


7 10 


2 6 


31 26 


24 20 


19 15 


5 14 


27 24 


10 14 


32 27 


12 16 


8 4 


22 18 


17 22 


6 9 


21 25 


19 12 


26 31 


14 17 


9 6 


14 17 


18 15 


26 19 


B, wins. 


24 20 


22 26 


9 14 


11 18 


11 8 





Wyllie beats Yates, 1873. 



LAIRD AND LADY. 121 

Var. 5. 



7 10 


13 17 


12 19 


17 21 


25 21 


29 25 


14 7 


18 9 


11 7 


14 18 


19 15 


24 20 


3 10 


5 14 


19 23 


21 25 


22 25 


25 22 


25 22 


19 15 


7 2 


18 23 


15 10 


20 16 


6 9 


11 27 


14 18 


26 30 


21 17 


22 18 


27 24 


20 11 


2 6 


31 27 


10 7 


23 27 


8 11 


10 15 


18 22 


25 29 


17 14 


30 26 


24 20 


32 23 


6 10 


27 24 


7 3 


16 11 


9 14 


15 19 


23 26 


29 25 ' 


25 29 


26 23 


22 18 


23 16 


10 14 


24 19 


28 24 


Drawn. 



Martins v. Yates, 1877. 

Var. 6. 
6 9 31 22 16 20 15 10 16 20 14 9 



26 23 


7 10 


23 18 


8 


11 


22 18 


26 31 


9 18 


14 7 


20 27 


10 


7 


14 17 


18 14 


23 14 


3 10 


32 23 


9 


13 


18 14 


31 26 


13 17 


27 23 


5 9 


7 


3 


17 22 


14 10 


25 22 


11 16 


18 15 


11 


16 


23 18 


26 23 


17 26 


28 24 


10 14 


3 


7 


22 26 


Drawn. 



Martins v. Yates, 1877. 
Var. 7. 



12-13 


17 


26 


31 


9 


14 


32 


27 


18 


14 


14 18 


27 


23 


24 


20 


10 


6 


12 


8 


12 


8 


12 8 


9- 2 


6 


31 


26 


23 


27 


22 


18 


14 


9 


24 19 


23 


18 


7 


11 


6 


2 


10 


15 


8 


12 


8 3 


17 


21 


26 


22 


27 


32 


27 


31 


9 


5 


10 6 


26 


23 


20 


16 


2 


7 


15 


22 


12 


8 


3 8 


11 


16 


21 


25 


14 


18 


26 


17 


5 


1 


18 14 


32 


27 


16 


12 


3 


8 


8 


12 


8 


3 


8 12 


16 


20 


25 


30 


18 


23 


31 


27 


1 


6 


14 18 


18 


15 


12 


8 


8 


12 


12 


8 


3 


8 


12 8 


7 


10 


5 


9 


23 


27 


23 


18 


6 


2 


6 2 


14 


7 


8 


3 


7 


10 


8 


12 


8 


3 


8 12 


3 


10 


9 


14 


27 


31 


27 


24 


20 


24 


19 15 


27 


24 


28 


24 


10 


15 


12 


8 


3 


8 


12 8 


20 


27 


6 


9 


30 


26 


17 


14 


2 


6 


15 10 


31 


24 


24 


19 


15 


10 


8 


12 


8 


12 


8 3 


12 


16 


14 


18 


26 


23 


24 


20 


6 


9 


10 15 


19 


3 


19 


15 


12 


8 


12 


8 


12 


8 


3 8 


10 


26 


18 


23 


31 


26 


14 


10 


9 


14 


Drawn, 


8- 3 


7 


15 


10 


8 


12 


8 


12 


8 


12 





Martins v. Yates, 1877. 



122 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 
Var. 8. 



24 20 


4 8 


3 7 


20 16 


10 


7 


29 25 


26 31 


10 14 


18 23 


27 24 


21 


17 


17 14 


28 24 


8 11 


7 10 


7 2 


7 


10 


25 21 


31 26 


14 18 


23 27 


22 18 


18 


14 


14 9 


24 19 


20 16 


15 11 


16 11 


10 


6 


21 17 


26 22 


18 23 


27 32 


24 19 


17 


13 


11 15 


19 16 


11 15 


2 7 


11 7 


6 


10 


3 8 


21 25 


23 26 


32 27 


18 22 


14 


7 


9 14 


16 11 


16 11 


10 15 


7 10 


2 


11 


17 10 


25 30 


26 31 


27 23 


30 25 


13 


17 


15 6 


11 8 


11 7 


15 19 


10 7 a 


-11 


7 


B. wins. 


6 10 


9 14 


23 16 


25 21 


19 


15 




8 4 


7 2 


11 20 


7 10 


7 


3 




5 9 


14 18 


31 27 


22 18 


15 


11 






Martins beats Yates, 1877. 








he losii 


lg move: 


29-25 


will draw 


— Gould 


's Match 



Games, page 25. 



Var. 9. 



11 


16 


23 16 


10 14 


19 15 


19 23 


23 27 


28 


24 


12 19 


28 24 


14 17 


11 7 


21 17 


10- 8 


11 


15 8 


23 26 


5 1 


2 11 


27 31 


24 


20 


3 12 


31 22 


17 22 


8 15 


17 13 


17 


21 


32 28 


30 26 


15 10 


23 26 


6 1 


26 


22 


19 23 


24 19 


18 14 


15 19 


14 17 


21 


25 


14 9 


26 17 


10 7 


26 30 


1 5 


22 


18 


5 14 


20 16 


12 16 


19 23 


22 26 


25 


30 


18 9 


17 22 


7 3 


30 25 


31 22 


19 


15 


7 10 


16 11 


16 19 


1 6 


17 26 


16 


19 


9 5 


22 18 


3 8 


25 21 


Drawn 






Martins v. Yates, 1877. 












Var. 10. 








16 


20 


11 16 


17 21 


11 18 


16 19 


27 31 


23 


18 


14 9 


31 27 


23 14 


14 10 


10 7 


20 


27 


5 14 


3 8 


8 11 


19 24 


2 11 


32 


23 


18 9 


9 5 


5 1 


27 23 


15 8 


8 


11 


16 20 


7 11 


11 16 


24 27 


31 26 


19 


1511-23 19 


26 23 


19 15 


23 18 


Drawn. 



Wyllie v. Yates, 1876, also C. F. Barker v. Yates, 1877. 





LAIRD AND LADY. 




123 






Var. 11. 






23 18 


15 10 


5 1 5 14 


14 10 


15 19 


20 24 


7 14 


27 31 22 26 


26 23 


30 26 


26 23 


18 9 


1 5 a-23 19 


15 11 


29 25 


12 16 


24 27 


17 22 26 30 


23 18 


14 17 


9 5 


31 24 


9 6 19 15 


10 15 


B. wins. 


16 20 


20 27 


2 9 31 26 


18 14 





W. R. Barker beats Yates, 1873. 
(a) 29-25 would draw.— Turf, Sept. 3, 1875. 

Var. 12. 



11 16 


27 23 


3 26 


32 


27 


5 


9 


28 19 


26 23 


2 6 


31 13 


8 


11 


14 


5 


15 31 


16 20 


19 15 


12 16 


29 


25 


6 


10 


Drawn. 


23 18 


7 10 


18 14 


11 


15 


5 


1 




13 17 


14 7 


16 19 


25 


22 


19 


24 






Yates v. 


F. E. Pierce, 


1880 












Var. 13. 












24 20 


30 25 


25 9 


8 


4 


8 


3 


20 16 


13 17 


8 11 


5 14 


2 


6 


7 


10 


23 26 


25 21 


19 15 


31 8 


4 


8 


3 


7 


25 22 


18 22 


10 19 


1 6 


3 


7 


15 


19 


26 31 


28 24 


14 10 


29 25 


8 


3 


23 


16 


22 18 


11 18 


7 14 


6 9 


6 


10 


12 


19 


14 23 


24 19 


27 23 


26 23 


3 


8 


7 


11 


21 7 


6 10 


18 27 


9 13 


10 


15 


19 


23 


W. wins. 



F. E. Pierce beaten by Yates, 1879 



Var. 14. 



20-26 23 


25 22 


24 20 


15 6 


30 23 


15 11 


15- 6 9 


18 25 


16 19 


2 9 


13 17 


13 17 


19 15 


27 11 


20 16 


8 3 


23 18 


11 7 


4 8 


7 16 


13 17 


9 13 


17 21 


22 25 


23 19 


20 11 


16 12 


3 7 


15 19 


7 2 


11 16 


9 18 


17 22 


19 23 


21 25 


25 29 


24 20 


29 15 


12 8 


7 10 


19 23 


2 6 


16 23 


1 6 


3 12 


5 9 


25 30 


29 25 


15 11 


28 24 


11 8 


10 15 


18 15 


Drawn. 


8 15 


12 16 


6 10 


23 26 


9 13 





Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 



124 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 







Var. 15. 








17-11 16 


28 24 


22 26 


10 6 


a-31 26 


15 18 


24 20 


12 16 


20 11 


1 10 


22 18 


31 26 


6 10 


25 22 


26 31 


2 7 


13 17 


14 9 


20 11 


8 11 


23 19 


10 15 


6 9 


3 8 


10 17 


31 26 


14 18 


7 11 


17 22 


9 5 


23 14 


11 15 


19 15 


15 19 


9 13 


8 12 


7 23 


26 23 


18 23 


5 1 


26 31 


5 1 


27 18 


5 9 


15 10 


19 24 


18 14 


20 24 


17 21 


14 9 


31 27 


1 6 


31 27 


1 6 


18 15 


7 14 


11 7 


24 27 


13 17 


24 19 


16- 2 7 


22 18 


27 24 


29 25 


22 26 


6 9 


15 10 


15 22 


7 2 


27 31 


11 15 


12 16 


4 8 


24 20 


24 20 


25 22 


26 31 


Drawn. 



Martins v. Yates, 1877. 
(a) 23-27, 32-23, 31-26. B. wins.— Go uld's Match Games, 
page 26. 







Var. 16. 








4 8 


27 20 


11 15 


7 10 


9 13 


15 10 


28 24 


8 11 


10 7 


25 30 


6 1 


14 18 


2 7 


25 22 


3 10 


10 15 


24 28 


10 15 


24 19 


12 16 


14 7 


19 24 


1 6 


18 23 


7 11 


30 26 


15 18 


17 14 


28 32 


6 10 


15 10 


16 19 


7 2 


1 6 


20 16 


32 28 


11 15 


22 17 


18 22 


14 10 


5 9 


11 7 


32 27 


13 22 


2 7 


6 9 


16 11 


28 24 


15 24 


26 17 


21 25 


10 6 


9 14 


Drawn 



Martins v. Yates, 1877. 



Var. 17. 



18- 4 8 


25 22 


b- 7 10 


23 7 


17 22 


30 23 


24 20 


18 25 


27 23 


3 10 


23 19 


2> 6 


6 9 


29 6 


a- 5 9 


28 24 


8 11 


18 14 


31 26 


1 17 


19 15 


9 13 


32 28 


W. wins. 


c-13 17 


23 18 


10 19 


26 23 


22 26 





W. R. Barker beaten by Yates, 1873. 

(a) 10-14 is the correct move. — Turf, Game 1093. 

(b) Anderson plays 2-6, which loses. — Turf, Game 1093. 

(c) Anderson calls this a loss, but it can be drawn. — Turf, 
Game 1093. 





LAIRD AND LADY. 




I2< 






Var. 18. 






13 17 


29 13 


16 20 18 14 


7 11 


14 7 


31 26 


6 9 


23 18 9 18 


15 8 


3 10 


19-11 16 


13 6 


5 9 a-26 22 


4 11 


23 18 


25 22 


1 17 


24 19 18 25 


27 23 


20 24 


18 25 


19 15 


2 6 30 14 


6 10 


B. wins, 



W. R. Barker beats Yates, 1873. 
(a) 27-24 is the draw move.— R. D. Yates, Turf, Game 1093. 







Var. 19. 








17 21 


19 15 


2 6 


28 24 


3 10 


6 2 


25 22 


10 19 


27 24 


9 13 


15 6 


12 16 


18 25 


24 15 


16 20 


26 22 


8 11 


19 12 


29 22 


4 8 


23 19 


6 9 


24 20 


11 15 


11 16 


14 10 


20 27 


23 18 


9 14 


W. wins 


22 17 


7 14 


32 23 


1 5 


18 9 




6 10 


17 10 


5 9 


10 7 


5 14 





M . G. Merry beaten by Yates, 1877. 







Var. 20. 








24 20 


15 22 


22 17 


7 14 


24 15 


27 32 


24- 4 8 


25 18 


6 10 


17 10 


11 18 


15 19 


23-27 23 


8 11 


26 22 


2 7 


7 3 


32 28 


18 27 


29 25 


12 16 


22 17 


8 12 


20 16 


32 23 


1 6 


31 26 


7 14 


3 7 


28 24 


11 15 


28 24 


10 15 


17 10 


18 23 


19 28 


19 1022-13 1721-14 9 


3 8 


7 10 


12 19 


6 15 


25 22 


5 23 


10 7 


23 27 


30 26 


23 18 


17 21 


26 10 


16 19 


10 15 


Drawn 




Yates v. 


W. R. Barker, 1873 







Var. 21. 



14 10 


7 


10 


6 13 


28 32 


13 9 


27 24 


7 23 


6 


2 


16 19 


14 10 


19 24 


22 18 


26 10 


10 


15 


13 9 


15 19 


9 6 


24 19 


2 7 


2 


6 


19 28 


17 13 


24 28 


2 6 


10 6 


5 


9 


9 14 


32 27 


6 2 


Drawn 



Yates v. W. R. Barker, 1873. 



120 


R. 


D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 












Var. 22. 








6 


10 


24 19 


7 23 10 6 


20 27 


2 7 


25 


21 


17 22 


14 10 2 9 


18 


15 


12 16 


10 


17 


26 17 


12 16 13 6 


3 


8 


Drawn, 


21 


14 


11 16 


17 13 23 27 


6 


2 




13 


17 


20 11 

Yates v. 


16 20 31 24 
W. R. Barker, 1873 

Var. 23. 


8 


12 




28 


24 


10 17 


22 15 11 15 


12 


8 


26 31 


6 


9 


25 21 


7 11 26 22 


21 


25 


14 10 


32 


2g 


9 14 


15 10 17 26 


8 


3 


31 27 


2 


6 


18 9 


6 15 30 23 


7 


10 


18 14 


26 


22 


5 14 


24 19 8 11 


3 


7 


27 23 


18 


23 


29 25 


15 24 25 22 


15 


19 


14 9 


27 


18 


1 6 


28 19 3 7 


7 


14 


23 19 


6 


10 


19 15 


12 16 a-21 17 


19 


26 


9 6 


31 


26 


11 18 


19 12 14 21 


22 


18 


B. wins. 


Capt. 


W. H. Broughton beats Yatet 


p, 1876. 




(a) 22-17. 


Drawn. — F. 


Dunne. 














Var. 24. 








26-18 


22 


1 6 


5 9 7 14 


19 


23 


26 31 


25 


18 


24 19 


26 17 18 9 


16 


12 


32 28 


6 


10 


6 10 


9 13 11 15 


8 


11 


31 27 


19 


15 


27 23 


17 14 9 5 


12 


8 


23 19 


10 


17 25-17 22 


10 17 15 19 


11 


15 


15 24 


15 


8 


26 17 


19 15 23 16 


31 


27 


28 19 


4 


11 


13 22 


3 8 12 19 


23 


26 


2 7 


28 


24 


30 26 

Yates v. 


15 10 20 16 
W. R. Barker, 1873 

Var. 25. 


27 


23 


Drawn. 


2 


6 


19 10 


11 18 27 23 


26 


22 


15 10 


26 


22 


7 14 


23 14 a-22 25 


10 


6 


18 15 


17 


26 


32 27 


9 18 21 17 


5 


9 


10 6 


31 


22 


14 17 


30 14 25 30 


6 


2 


14 18 


6 


9 


25 21 


13 17 23 19 


9 


14 


6 1 


29 


25 


17 26 


14 10 30 26 


19 


15 


Drawn. 



10 15 18 15 17 22 17 13 22 18 
Yates v. W. R. Barker, 1873. 
(a) 22-26, 20-16. Drawn.— Yates v. W. R. Barker, 1873. 







LAIRD AND ] 


LADY. 






127 








Var. 26. 










27- 6 


9 


19 16 


12 19 


8 3 


10 


14 


3 7 


19 


15 


12 19 


18 14 


7 10 


16 


12 


14 17 


4 


8 


26 22 


9 18 


3 8 


5 


9 


21 14 


28 


24 


17 26 


27 23 


22 26 


12 


8 


6 10 


7 


10 


30 16 


19 26 


8 11 


9 


13 


Drawn 


15 


6 


18 23 


31 8 


26 31 


8 


3 




1 


17 


27 18 


13 17 


20 16 


26 


30 




24 


19 


8 12 


25 21 


31 26 


25 


22 




3 


7 


32 27 


17 22 


29 25 


2 


6 








W. R. Barker v. Yates, 1873 


• 












Var. 27. 










6 


10 


4 11 


1 6 


2 6 


5 


14 


10 15 


27 


24 


19 16 


25 22 


22 18 


32 


28 


19 10 


10 


17 


12 19 


6 10 


6 9 


11 


15 


12 19 


26 


22 


24 8 


24 19 


25 22 


20 


16 


10 6 


17 


26 


3 12 


7 11 


9 14 


15 


24 


19 23 


31 


8 


28 24 


29 25 


18 9 


28 


19 


Drawn, 



Yates v. W. R. Barker, 1873. 



OLD FOURTEENTH. 



11 15 


9 14 


13 22 


8 11 


16 23 


19 23 


23 19 


18 9 


25 9 


24 19 


15 6 


28\24 


8 11 


5 14 


6 13 


1-3 8 


a-23 27 


23 27 


22 17 


26 23 


29 25 


25 22 


6 1 


24 20 


4 8 


1 6 


2-13 17 


8 12 


27 32 


27 31 


6-25 22 


6-30 25 


21 14 


22 18 


1 6 


15 18 


3- 9 13 


15 18 


10 17 


7 10 


12 16 


31 26 


27 23 


22 15 


19 16 


13 9 


6 10 


18 14 


6 9 


11 27 


12 26 


11 16 


16 19 


26 23 


23 18 


32 23 


31 13 


18 15 


10 15 


Drawn 



Martins v. Yates, 1877. 

(a) 12-16, 6-1, 16-19, 1-6, 23-27, 6-10, 27-32, 9-5, 19-23, 
28-24, 23-27, 24-20, 27-31, 5-1, 31-27, 1-5. Drawn.— Martins 
v. Yates, 1877. 

(b) 32-27, 6-9, 30-25, 2-6, 22-18, 15-22, 25-18, 13-22, 
24-20, 12-16, 19-12, 10-15, 20-16. W. wins.— J. Dempster, 
Jr., beaten by Yates (both playing blindfold), 1877. 



Var. 1. 
11 15 25 21 26 31 



6 2 14 18 24 20 



19 10 


17 22 


9 


6 


7 10 


10 15 


27 32 


7 14 


21 17 


2 


9 


2 7 


18 23 


20 16 


13 9 


22 26 


13 


6 


10 14 


28 28 


Drawn, 


14 17 


17 13 


3 


7 


7 10 


23 27 





Martins v. Yates, 1877. 



Var. 2. 



8 11 


15 24 3 7 13 17 


11 16 


16 19 


25 22 


28 19 18 14 19 16 


20 11 


10 6 


11 15 


7 11 10 17 12 26 


7 16 


2 9 


24 20 


22 18 21 14 31 13 
J. P. Reed v. Yates, 1878. 

128 


14 10 


Drawn, 



OLD FOURTEENTH. 120, 

Var. 3. 

4-15 18 7 11 2 6 15 8 11 15 19 

22 15 26 23 24 20 23 19 26 23 24 15 

11 18 10 15 5 9 7 10 12 16 10 26 

17 13 19 10 28 24 20 16 19 12 17 1 

9 14 6 15 3 7 11 20 11 16 W. wins. 

29 25 a-30 26 26 22 31 26 22 17 

A Boston player beaten by Yates, 1874. 

(a) Drummond plays 23-19, but Yates don't see it in that 
light and prefers his own line of play. — Turf, Game 949. 



Var. 4. 



9 14 


7 11 


2 9 15 24 


8 11 


11 16 


17 13 


31 26 


22 6 28 19 


a-30 26 


15 11 


14 18 


e- 5 9 


1 10 11 16 


17 21 


7 10 


29 25 


17 14 


d-27 23 26 22 


25 22 


14 7 


11 16 


10 17 


18 27 c- 3 7 


21 25 


25 30 


5-21 17 


19 10 


32 23 6-22 18 


22 18 


18 14 


16 23 


6 15 


10 14 14 17 


16 20 


16 19 


26 19 


13 6 


24 19 18 14 


19 15 


Drawn 


R.D. 


Yates. — 1 


Boys of the World, Game 210. 





(a) 14-9, 7-10, 9-6, 17-21, 6-2, 11-15, 2-6, 15-24, 6-15, 
24-27, 23-18, 27-32, 18-14, 32-28. Drawn.— R. D. Yates. 

(6) 25-21, 14-18, 22-15, 7-11, 15-10, 11-15, 10-7, 15-24. 
Drawn. — R. D. Yates. 

(c) At this point Mr. C. Hefter played 16-20, which prob- 
ably loses. — R. D. Yates. 

(d) Mr. C. Hefter in Turf, Feb. 2, 1876, tried to prove 
27-23, a win for White.— R. D. Yates. 

(e) 11-16, 26-23, 10-14, 17-10, 8-11, 23-14, 16-23, 27-18, 
3-7, 10-3, 6-9, 13-6, 1-26, 30-23, 15-29, 3-8, 11-16, 24-20, 
16-19, 23-16, 12-19, 32-27, 2-7, 8-12, 7-10, 12-16. W. wins. 
— R. D. Yates.— Boys of the World, Game 133. 

Var. 5. 

24 20 6 15 23 14 12 19 26 23 31 26 
16 23 31 26 16 19 32 27 24 31 3 7 



26 19 


8 11 


30 26 


6 9 


23 19 


11 15 


15 24 


21 17 


3 8 


13 6 


15 24 


7 10 


28 19 


12 16 


27 23 


2 18 


22 8 


15 19 


10 15 


26 23 


8 12 


17 14 


7 11 


Drawn 


19 10 


1 6 


23 16 


19 24 


8 3 





Yates v. De Munn, 1880. 



130 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Var. 6. 



17 13 


2 9 


27 18 


26 31 


10 1 


26 31 


15 18 


26 22 


22 25 


17 14 


23 14 


19 16 


24 20 


3 8 


29 22 


10 17 


13 6 


12 19 


11 15 


22 17 


10 14 


21 14 


11 18 


3 12 


28 24 


18 22 


21 17 


31 26 


6 2 


5 9 


8 11 


25 18 


14 23 


32 28 


18 22 


20 16 


26 23 


15 22 


22 18 


26 23 


2 7 


Drawn 


9 14 


17 13 


7 10 


19 15 


14 18 




31 26 


1 6 


30 25 


23 26 


24 19 




6 9 


23 18 


23 26 


14 10 


22 26 




13 6 


14 23 


25 21 


26 23 


7 3 





R. E. Bowen v. Yates, 1877. 



Var. 7. 



26 23 


21 14 


24 15 


6 1 


9 6 


5 1 


9 14 


10 17 


6 9 


14 18 


26 23 


14 10 


17 13 


26 22 


13 6 


1 6 


6 10 


1 5 


15 18 


17 26 


1 19 


18 22 


23 18 


6 1 


24 20 


31 8 


25 22 


6 10 


10 6 


5 9 


11 15 


3 19 


19 23 


22 26 


18 14 


1 5 


30 26 


20 16 


22 18 


10 14 


6 1 


9 13 


15 24 


7 11 


23 26 


26 31 


22 18 


10 14 


28 19 


16 7 


18 14 


14 17 


1 6 


13 9 


8 11 


2 11 


26 30 


31 26 


18 15 


14 18 


19 16 


32 28 


14 10 


17 13 


6 1 


9 6 


12 19 


11 16 


5 9 


26 22 


15 10 


18 15 


23 16 


27 24 


10 6 


13 9 


1 5 


B. wins, 


14 17 


16 20 


9 14 


30 26 


10 6 





Yates beats Blenn, 1876. 



SECOND DOUBLE CORNER. 



11 


15 


31 27 


10 19 


22 18 


27 31 


18 15 


24 


19 


7 10 


24 15 


14 23 


25 22 


13 17 


15 


24 


29 25 


8 12 


26 12 


31 27 


21 14 


28 


19 


4 8 


27 23 


10 15 


8 11 


22 18 


8- 8 


11 


32 28 


12 19 


12 8 


27 23 


14 10 


22 


18 


3 7 


23 16 


15 19 


11 16 


18 27 


5-11 


16 


18 15 


6 10 


30 26 


23 30 


15 11 


25 


22 


1- 9 13 


15 6 


20 24 


16 23 


5 9 


4-10 


14 


19 16 


1 10 


8 3 


30 25 


10 7 


2-27 


24 


12 19 


16 11 


24 27 


22 18 


9 13 


16 


20 


23 16 


7 16 


3 8 


25 22 


Drawn. 






Yates 


v. Wyllie, 1873. 












Var. 1. 








14 


18 


22 15 


1 10 


25 21 


11 15 


7 3 


23 


14 


2 18 


21 17 


18 22 


28 24 


31 26 


9 


18 


19 16 


8 11 


26 17 


18 22 


3 7 


26 


23 


12 19 


30 26 


14 18 


14 10 


15 18 


7 


11 


24 15 


5 9 


17 14 


22 26 


Drawn. 


23 


7 


6 10 


17 13 


10 17 


10 7 




11 


18 


15 6 a- 9 14 


21 14 


26 31 








Yates 


v. Wyllie, 1876. 






(a) 18-23, 27-18, 10-15, 13-6, 


15-31, 


25-22, 11-15, 6-2, 


31-26, 22-17, 


15-19, 2-7 ; 


, 26-23, 


17-13, 20-24, 7-1 


L, 24-27, 


11-15, 19-24. 


Drawn. — 


Yates v. 


Wyllie, '. 


L876. 










Var. 2. 








22 


17 


26 17 


31 26 


21 17 


7 3 


7 3 


3- 9 


13 


9 14 


2 6 


30 26 


16 19 


6 10 


17 


10 


17 10 


22 18 


11 7 


3 7 


3 7 


6 


22 


7 14 


11 15 


3 10 


22 18 


10 14 


26 


17 


29 25 


18 11 


14 7 


7 11 


7 10 


13 


22 


4 8 


14 18 


26 22 


19 23 


14 17 


30 


26 


25 22 


23 14 


a-17 13 


11 7 


10 14 


5 


9 


8 11 


16 30 


12 16 


1 5 


Drawn. 






Yates 


v. Wyllie, 1876. 






(a) A g 
drawn. — T 


ame 


.—A. 0. 


Robinson v. Yates — left 


here as 


urf, 


Game 1488. 









131 



132 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 
Var. 3. 



16 20 


17 14 


11 18 


19 15 


24 28 


10 15 


17 10 


7 10 


22 6 


16 19 


2 6 


18 23 


6 24 


14 7 


1 10 


23 16 


28 32 


30 25 


32 28 


3 10 


25 22 


12 19 


31 26 


23 26 


4 8 


26 22 


10 14 


15 10 


32 23 


25 21 


28 19 


2 7 


22 18 


19 24 


26 19 


26 30 


8 11 


29 25 


9 13 


10 6 


20 24 


Drawn. 


21 17 


7 11 


18 9 


14 18 


6 10 




a-11 16 


18 15 


5 14 


6 2 


24 27 





Yates v. C. Freeman, 1877. 
(a) 11-15, 18-11, 7-16, 29-25, 3-7, 26-22, 7-10, 17-13, 2-6, 
22-18, 20-24, 27-11, 10-15, 19-10, 6-29, 13-6, 1-10, 23-19, 
10-14, 11-7. W. wins. — R. A. Davis beaten by Yates , 1877. 







Var. 4. 










16 20 


8 11 


16 19 


27 31 


12 


16 


9 13 


22 17 


25 21 


23 7 


11 8 


3 


8 


2 7 


9 13 


6 9 


3 19 


9 14 


2 


6 


22 26 


30 25 


29 25 


14 10 


18 9 


8 


12 


16 11 


13 22 


1 6 


6 15 


5 14 


16 


19 


20 24 


26 17 


31 26 


18 11 


8 3 


12 


16 


32 28 


4 8 


11 16 


19 24 


14 18 


19 


23 


24 27 


17 14 


25 22 


27 23 


22 15 


11 


7 


28 24 


10 17 


7 11 


24 27 


31 22 


6 


9 


27 32 


21 14 


19 15 


23 18 


15 11 


7 


2 


Drawn. 




W. R. 


Barker v. Yates, 1877. 










Var. 5. 










9 14 


6-22 18 


6 13 


26 17 


19 


24 


23 19 


18 9 


15 24 


23 18 


12 16 


14 


7 




5 14 


27 20 


2 6 


31 26 


3 


10 


Drawn. 


7-25 22 


7 11 


21 17 


16 19 


26 


23 




11 15 


18 9 


13 22 


18 14 


24 


27 






Chas. Kelly v. Yates, 1877. 












Var. 6. 










32 28 


22 18 


22 18 


23 18 


31 


26 


26 23 


15 24 


1 5 


15 24 


2 6a 


-16 


19 


24 27 


28 19 


18 9 


27 20 


21 17 


18 


14 


23 19 


4 8 


5 14 


7 11 


13 22 


19 


24 


6 9 


29 25 


25 22 


18 9 


26 17 


14 


7 


Drawn. 


8 11 


11 15 


6 13 


12 16 


3 


10 






Chas. Kelly v. Yates, 1877. 








6-9, 26-22, draws 


easily. — R 


D. Yates 









SECOND DOUBLE CORNER. I33 

Var. 7. 



26 22 


12 16 


20 16 


15 


18 


10 17 


15 8 


11 15 


18 14 


19 23 


10 


7 


26 30 


22 17 


22 18 


10 17 


22 17 


18 


22 


17 26 


8 11 


15 24 


21 14 


13 22 


7 


3 


30 23 


17 13 


18 9 


16 19 


25 11 


23 


26 


31 27 


2 6 


6 13 


25 22 


8 15 


3 


7 


23 19 


27 23 


27 20 


11 15 


16 11 


5 


9 


29 25 


11 15 


7 11 


30 25 


1 5 


7 


10 


19 15 


32 28 


23 18 


3 8 


14 10 


9 


14 


a-25 22 


B. wins. 




Chas. Kelly beats Yates, 


1877. 




(a) 27-23, 15-8, 


, 8-11, 25-22. 


Draws, but 


requires 


careful play. — C 


. M. P. 


Var. 8. 










9 14 


23 19 


12 19 


29 


22 


19 24 


15 10 


11-22 18 


8 11 


31 27 


12 


16 


22 18 


19 16 


5 9 


30 26 


6 15 


17 


13 


27 31 


14 9 


6-26 22 


3 8 


17 10 


16 


20 


10 7 


24 28 


9- 7 11 


32 28 


9 14 


21 


17 


2 11 


9 6 


a-22 17 


11 15 


25 22 


19 


24 


15 8 


16 11 


11 15 


20 16 


8 12 


27 


23 


31 26 


8 4 


18 11 


15 24 


22 17 


24 


27 


17 14 


Drawn. 


8 24 


28 19 


14 18 


23 


18 


26 23 




27 20 


10 15 


26 22 


15 


19 


18 15 




4 8 


19 10 


18 25 


18 


15 


23 19 





Yates v. J. P. Reed, 1878. 

(a) 21-17, 14-21, 18-15, 11-18, 23-5, 8-11, 22-18, 11-16, 27-23, 
4-8, 31-27, 16-20, 25-22, 8-11, 29-25, 10-15, 19-10, 6-15, 32-28, 
12-16, 28-24, 2-6. B. wins.— Yates beats C. Freeman, 1877. 

(b) 25-22, 8-11, 29-25, 11-16, 18-15, 4-8, 22-18, 16-20, 
25-22, 7-11, 22-17, 20-24, 27-20, 9-13, 18-9, 13-22, 26-17, 
11-27, 32-23, 6-22. B. wins.— Yates beats J. Dempster, Jr., 
1877. 

Var. 9. 
8 11 30 26 10 15 24 19 26 19 11 7 



22 17 


11 15 


19 10 


11 16 


3 8 


9 13 


10-11 16 


18 11 


6 22 


19 15 


20 24 


7 2 


25 22 


7 16 


17 10 


22 26 


29 25 


14 18 


4 8 


26 22 


9 14 


15 11 


1 5 


3 7 


17 13 


3 8 


27 24 


26 30 


8 3 


16 20 


8 11 


22 18 


20 27 


10 7 


5 9 


7 11 



22 17 8 11 31 24 30 26 13 6 B. wins. 
16 20 a-32 28 16 20 7 3 2 9 
R. A. Davis beats Yates, 1877. 



J 34 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 



(a) 18-15, 11-18, 29-25, 10-15-c, 19-10, 6-15, 17-10, 9-14, 
31-26, 15-19, 32-28, 2-6-&, 10-7, 6-10, 7-2, 10-15, 2-7, 1-6, 7-11, 
6-10, 25-22, 18-25, 11-9, 10-15, 9-14, 25-30, 13-9, 15-18, 9-5, 
18-22, 26-17, 19-26, 14-18, 30-25, 27-23. W. wins.— A. R. 
Bowdish. 

(b) 1-5, 10-6, 2-9, 13-6, 5-9, 6-1, 9-13, 1-6, 14-17, 21-14, 
13-17, 6-10, 17-21, 10-15, 21-30, 15-22. W. wins.— A. R. 
Bowdish. 

(c) 2-7-d, 19-15, 10-26, 17-3, 18-23, 27-18, 26-30, 3-7, 
16-19, 7-2. W. wins.— A R. Bowdish. 

(d) 1-5, 31-26, 10-15-e, 19-1, 16-19, 13-6, 2-9, 23-16, 12-19, 
17-10, 19-24, 26-22, 24-31, 22-15, 31-26, 1-6. W. wins.— 
A. R. Bowdish. 

(e) 2-7, 32-28, 7-11, 28-24, 11-15, 26-22. W. wins.— A. R 
Bowdish. 

Var. 10. 



9 13 


22 17 


12 16 


11 15 


23 19 


15 18 


18 9 


4 8 


14 9 


20 24 


7 11 


19 16 


13 22 


19 15 


2 7 


15 18 


28 24 


18 14 


25 18 


7 11 


18 14 


27 31 


9 6 


3 8 


6 13 


14 10 


7 11 


14 9 


24 20 


10 7 


29 25 


11 18 


9 6 


24 28 


6 2 


8 11 


13 17 


23 14 


11 15 


9 6 


19 16 


7 3 


21 14 


12 16 


6 2 


31 27 


11 15 


16 20 


10 17 


26 23 


24 27 


6 2 


20 24 


3 8 


18 14 


8 12 


32 23 


28 32 


15 18 


11 16 


11 16 


23 19 


15 18 


18 22 


24 19 


8 12 


31 26 


16 23 


2 7 


32 28 


18 15 


24 19 


17 21 


27 18 


18 27 


2 7 


19 24 


14 18 


25 22 


20 24 


7 11 


27 23 


22 17 


1 5 


16 20 


17 13 


16 20 


13 9 


16 19 


W. wins. 



A. H. Mercer beaten by Yates, 1877. 



22 17 



Var. 11. 
4 8 20 16 19 26 25 22 



A. Schaefer beats Yates, 1881. 



2 7 



8 11 


22 18 


12 19 


30 14 


17 26 


23 19 


25 22 


8 11 


23 16 


10 17 


31 22 


7 11 


11 15 


18 9 


14 18 


21 14 


6 10 


B. wins, 


17 13 


5 14 


32 27 


7 11 


22 18 




15 24 


29 25 


15 19 


16 7 


1 6 




27 20 


11 15 


26 23 


3 17 


27 23 





SINGLE CORNER. 



11 15 


10 19 


1 5 


25 29 


22 17 


20 27 


22 18 


23 16 


23 16 


5 1 


9 13 


32 14 


15 22 


6 10 


5 14 


29 25 


17 22 


22 18 


25 18 


27 23 


26 22 


1 5 


13 9 


14 10 


8 11 


9 14 


11 15 


25 22 


22 17 


18 15 


9-29 25 


18 9 


22 17 


5 9 


9 13 


10 6 


8-4 8 


5 14 


15 18 


14 17 


17 22 


2 9 


5-25 22 


31 27 


17 13 


21 14 


16 12 


13 6 


12 16 


8 12 


18 22 


10 17 


7 11 


15 11 


2-24 19 


22 18 


13 9 


28 24 


19 15 


6 10 


16 20 


12 19 


22 25 


17 21 


11 18 


Drawn 


1-19 15 


18 9 


9 5 


24 19 


27 24 





Yates v. W. R. Barker, 1877. 



Var. 1. 



19 16 


5 9 


21 14 


16 19 


27 24 


2 25 


9 13 


18 14 


b- 8 11 


28 24 


15 19 


B. wins. 


16 12 


9 18 


25 21 


19 28 


24 15 




11 16 


23 14 


a-20 24 


31 27 


6 10 




30 25 


10 17 


27 20 


11 15 


15 6 





Yates (blindfold) beats Messrs. Potter and Arnold, 1877. 

(a) Not one of the numerous spectators thought of this 
move. The sequel shows it to be the winning move. — Scots- 
man, Game 110. 

(6) It now looks as if White had the best game. — Scots- 
man, Game 110. 

135 



136 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 
Var. 2. 



24 20 


6 15 


18 14 


22 18 


2 6 


27 23 


3-10 15 


13 6 


9 18 


21 17 


17 21 


10 7 


21 17 


2 9 


24 19 


6 9 


6 10 


23 19 


8 12 


30 25 


15 24 


17 13 


a-13 17 


7 3 


17 13 


3 8 


28 19 


9 14 


10 14 


19 15 


7 10 


31 26 


6-23 26 


7 10 


17 22 


3 8 


28 24 


1 6 


22 8 


14 17 


14 17 


15 10 


10 14 


32 28 


26 30 


10 14 


22 26 


8 11 


23 19 


12 16 


25 21 


18 9 


17 22 


10 14 


16 23 


26 23 


30 26 


13 6 


26 31 


11 7 


26 10 


8 12 


8 3 


5 9 


19 15 


14 9 


14 23 


23 19 


26 22 


6 2 


31 27 


7 10 


27 18 


16 23 


3 7 


9 13 


15 10 


W. wins, 



L. L. Hodges beaten by Yates, 1875. 

(a) 21-25 Drawn.— A. C. P., Game 48. 
(6) 11-16, 20-11, 23-26, 22-15, 26-30, 25-21, 30-26, 11-8. 
Drawn.— A. C. P., Game 48. 



Var. 3. 



8 12 


4-10 17 


26 


22 


17 


22 


30 


25 


25 21 


28 24 


21 14 


17 


14 


13 


9 


24 


19 


26 22 


9 13 


16 32 


22 


17 


20 


24 


25 


21 


21 17 


32 28 


14 9 


14 


9 


28 


19 


1 


6 


22 18 


6 9 


11 16 


2 


7 


16 


23 


21 


17 


14 23 


24 19 


20 11 


1 


6 


10 


15 


6 


9 


13 22 


9 14 


7 16 


12 


16 


23 


27 


22 


25 


23 19 


18 9 


9 5 


9 


5 


14 


18 


9 


13 


22 17 


5 14 


16 20 


16 


20 


22 


26 


17 


14 


19 23 


22 18 


5 1 


6 


9 


15 


19 


19 


23 


20 24 


1 5 


32 27 


7 


11 


26 


30 


25 


22 


23 26 


18 9 


31 24 


5 


1 


19 


24 


15 


19 


24 19 


5 14 


20 27 


3 


8 


27 


31 


22 


25 


26 31 


26 22 


30 25 


1 


6 


9 


6 


19 


24 


19 23 


13 17 


27 31 


8 


12 


31 


26 


25 


22 


12 16 


22 13 


25 21 


6 


10 


19 


15 


24 


20 


17 22 


14 18 


31 26 


11 


16 


26 


22 


22 


25 


16 20 


23 14 


21 17 


9 


14 


6 


1 


23 


26 


W. wins 



Wyllie beaten by Yates, 1876. 







SINGLE CORNER. 




135 








Var. 4. 








16 


32 


13 6 


20 27 


21 17 


27 23 


28 24 


14 


9 


16 20 


6 10 


23 27 


30 25 


18 14 


11 


16 


6 2 


15 19 


17 14 


31 26 


1 6 


20 


11 


10 15 


10 15 


27 31 


6 1 


22 26 


7 


16 


2 6 


19 23 


14 10 


23 18 


24 20 


9 


6 


32 27 


15 11 


32 27 


25 21 


26 22 


2 


9 


31 24 


27 32 


10 6 


26 22 


Drawn 



7-24 20 

6- 9 14 

18 9 

5 14 

25 22 

10 15 



Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 



Var. 5. 



22 17 
6 10 
28 24 
15 18 
17 13 
11 15 



13 

1 
9 
2 



24 19 
15 24 



20 16 
12 19 
27 20 
18 27 
31 6 
9 13 



6 2 

7 11 
2 6 

14 18 

6 10 

18 22 



26 17 
13 22 
21 17 
8 12 
17 13 
W. wins. 



Ilsley beaten by Yates, 1876. 



Var. 6. 



12 16 


28 19 


2 7 


30 23 


7 10 


16 7 


25 22 


7 10 


32 28 


9 14 


22 18 


3 10 


8 12 


31 27 


16 19 


18 9 


1 5 


20 16 


27 24 


10 15 


23 16 


5 14 


18 9 


15 19 


10 15 


19 10 


12 19 


24 19 


5 14 


16 11 


24 19 


6 15 


26 23 


15 24 


19 16 


19 26 


15 24 


27 24 


19 26 


28 19 


10 15 


B. wins, 



Yates beats A, H. Mercer, 1878. 



Var. 7. 



26 22 


18 9 


22 18 


10 6 


10 7 


18 15 


12 16 


5 14 


7 11 


17 22 


24 20 


16 19 


24 19 


25 22 


21 17 


6 2 


6 10 


15 10 


16 20 


11 15 


6 9 


22 26 


16 19 


19 24 


28 24 


23 18 


17 13 


2 6 


7 3 


10 6 


8 12 


14 23 


10 14 


9 13 


12 16 


24 27 


31 26 


27 11 


13 6 


18 14 


3 8 


6 2 


9 14 


7 23 


2 9 


26 31 


19 23 


27 31 


18 9 


26 19 


19 15 


23 18 


8 11 


2 6 


5 14 


20 27 


11 16 


31 27 


23 27 


20 24 


22 18 


32 23 


15 10 


14 10 


10 14 


6 10 


1 5 


3 7 


14 17 


27 24 


27 32 


Drawn 



Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 



I38 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Var. 8. 



a-11 16 


4 8 


8 11 


20 24 


23 26 


26 23 


26 22 


27 24 


23 16 


28 19 


19 15 


21 17 


16 19 


7 10 


11 20 


18 23 


26 31 


23 18 


23 16 


24 15 


18 15 


26 22 


22 17 


17 13 


12 19 


10 19 


9 14 


6 10 


31 26 


5 9 


24 15 


32 27 


22 17 


15 6 


15 10 


13 6 


10 19 


3 7 


14 18 


1 26 


7 14 


2 9 



30 26 27 23 17 14 31 22 17 10 B. wins. 
N. A. Bailey beats Yates, 1877. 

(a) 12-16, 26-22-6, 16-20, 24-19, 4-8, 19-16, 9-14, 18-9, 
5-14, 31-26, 6-9, 28-24, 1-5, 16-12, 11-16, 23-19, 16-23, 26-19, 
8-11, 32-28, 11-15, 22-17, 7-11. B wins.— Yates beats R. A. 
Davis, 1877. 

(6) 24-20, 4-8, 28-24, 10-15, 26-22, 9-14, 18-9, 5-14, 23-19, 
16-23, 27-9, 6-13, 30-26, 7-10, 32-28, 8-12, 26-23, 10-14, 
31-26, 2-6, 24-19, 15-24, 28-19, 11-15, 19-10, 6-15, 20-16, 
12-19, 23-16, 15-19, 16-11, 1-5. B. wins.— Yates beats D. 
Ayres, 1876. 



Var. 9. 

24 19 19 12 27 9 22 18 16 11 6 10 
11 16 8 11 20 27 16 23 14 18 13 17 
27 24 c-18 14 32 23 26 19 11 7 10 15 
16 20 10 17 7 11 13 17 3 10 17 21 
31 27 21 14 28 24 24 20 15 6 15 10 

4 8 6-11 16 6 10 17 22 1 10 14 17 

29 25 14 9 9 5 20 16 5 1 10 14 

9 13 5 14 2 6 6 9 9 13 W. wins. 

25 22 23 19 23 19 18 15 16 
e-12 16 16 23 a-11 16 10 14 10 14 

R. D. Yates. — Boys of the World, Game 216. 

(a) 10-14, 26-23, 14-17, 22-18, 6-10, 18-14. W. wins.— 
R. D. Yates. 

(6) 6-10, 23-19, 10-17, 12-8, 3-12, 19-16. W. wins.— R. D. 
Yates. 



SINGLE CORNER. 1 39 

(c) 30-25-d, 11-16, 18-15, 10-19, 24-15, 7-10, 15-11, 2-7, 
11-2, 10-15, 2-9, 5-14, 28-24, 1-5, 22-17, 13-29, 26-22, 29-25, 
22-17, 14-18, 23-14, 16-19, 32-28, 25-22, 17-13, 22-17, 14-10, 
17-14, 9-6, 14-18, 6-1, 19-23, 21-17, 23-32, 24-19, 15-24, 28-19, 
18-23, 19-16, 23-19, 17-14, 32-27, 14-10, 27-23, 1-6, 20-24, 
16-11.— Drawn.— i2. D. Yates. 

(d) 24-19, Caught. — Without examination it is hard to 
tell which move is best here, 23-19 looks like a draw, while 
18-14 or 30-25 may win. — R. D. Yates, Boys of the World, 
Game 213.— Continue— 24-19, 13-17, 21-14, 10-17, 22-13, 3-8, 
12-3, 5-9, 3-10, 6-31, 13-6, 31-15. B. wins.— Yates beats A. 
J. Hodgson, 1877. 

(e) Probably a losing move, but Black takes the chances. 
— Boys of the World, Game 213. 







SOUTER. 






11 15 


24 20 


10 14 


25 21 


18 23 


15 19 


23 19 


15 24 


19 10 


1 6 


19 15 


22 25 


9 14 


28 19 


6 15 


22 17 


10 19 


20 16 


22 17 


2-11 15 


13 9 


8 11 


17 1 


25 29 


6 9 


27 24 


1-14 18 


26 23 


19 24 


21 17 


17 13 


14 17 


23 14 


15 18 


1 6 


29 25 


2 6 


21 14 


a- 7 10 


23 19 


23 26 


17 13 


25 22 


9 18 


14 7 


18 22 


6 10 


25 22 


8 11 


26 23 


3 10 


19 15 


26 30 


19 24 


3-29 25 


18 27 


30 26 


11 18 


10 15 


Drawn. 


4 8 


32 23 


5 14 


24 19 


24 28 





A. J. Heffner v. Yates, 1877. 
(a) 7-11, 31-26, 3-7, 25-21, 15-19, 24-15, 11-25, 9-6, 1-17, 
21-14, 25-29, 26-23, 8-11, 23-19, 5-9, 14-5, 7-10, 5-1, 11-15, 
1-6, 15-24, 6-15. W. wins.— C. F. Barker beaten by Yates, 

1877. 

Var. 1. 



14 17 


8 11 


21 30 


21 25 


3 8 


8 12 


22 13 


23 19 


24 19 


14 9 


23 18 


16 11 


5 14 


6 9 


30 26 


26 31 


31 27 


23 26 


25 22 


19 10 


22 18 


9 5 


19 16 


18 14 


1 6 


7 14 


14 17 


25 30 


12 19 


26 31 


31 26 


13 6 


18 14 


5 1 


2 7 


Drawn. 


14 17 


17 21 


17 21 


30 25 


19 23 




30 25 


26 23 


6 2 


1 6 


7 16 





Yates v. W. R. Barker, 1873. 



Var. 2. 



14 18 


10 15 


12 16 


14 23 


3 


10 


5 9 


22 15 


19 10 


26 22 


22 17 


20 


16 


8 3 


11 18 


6 15 


16 19 


5 14 


15 


18 


9 13 


32 28 


13 9 


23 16 


17 10 


16 


11 


3 7 


9 14 


8 11 


18 23 


7 14 


1 


5 


14 17 


26 23 


30 26 


27 18 


16 7 


11 


8 


Drawn, 




Yates 


v. Burdick, 1875. 












140 















SOUTER. 






14] 






Var. 3. 








■27 23 


26 23 


24 20 


31 22 


13 9 


6 10 


14 18 


18 27 


8 11 a 


-37 


14 17 


14 17 


23 14 


32 23 


25 22 


22 17 


9 6 


10 14 


9 25 


10 14 


14 17 


7 10 


10 14 


17 22 


29 22 


17 10 


21 14 


28 24 


6 2 


23 18 


4 8 


7 14 


6 9 


5 9 


17 22 


16 23 


22 17 


30 25 


13 6 


17 13 


2 6 


24 19 


15 18 


11 16 


1 26 


9 14 


22 26 


Drawn 



Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 

(a) 5-9, 22-18, 9-13, 18-14, 13-17, 14-9, 17-22, 9-6, 22-26, 
6-2, 26-31, 2-6, 31-27, 19-15, 27-18, 15-8, 16-19, 20-16, 18-14, 
8-4, 19-23, 16-11, 12-16, 24-28, 16-20. Drawn.— Yates v. 
Melvin Brown, J. Dempster, Jr., and F. E. Pierce, 1876. 



Var. 4. 



5-22 17 


9 14 


25 22 


24 28 


13 6 


24 27 


14 18 


29 25 


11 15 


30 26 


1 10 


23 18 


24 20 


18 23 


20 16 


10 15 


27 23 


15 19 


15 24 


31 27 


8 11 


19 10 


19 24 


14 9 


28 19 


5 9 


24 20 


12 19 


17 14 


27 31 


4 8 


27 18 


15 24 


32 27 


10 17 


9 6 


27 24 


14 23 


26 19 


6 15 


21 14 


B. wins 



Yates beats Capt.W. H.Broughton (both playing blindfold), 1875. 



Var. 5. 



30 25 


28 19 


32 28 


24119 


20 11 


23 19 


4 8 


5 9 


3 7 


15 24 


12 16 


16 23 


22 17 


25 22 


31 26 


28 19 


11 8 


22 18 


14 18 


18 25 


1 5 


11 15 


24 27 


27 24 


26 23 


29 22 


19 16 


26 23 


8 3 


18 15 


e- 9 14 


11 15 


12 19 


15 24 


27 31 


10 19 


24 20 


27 24 


23 16 


16 11 


3 7 


17 1 


15 24 


7 11 


a- 8 12 


7 16 


31 27 


Drawn 



Melvin Brown v. "The Boy }J Yates 1873. 



142 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

(a) 15-19 gives rise to critical play, but only draws, so far 
as I have examined. — Melvin Brown, Turf, Game 857. 
Continue the play, viz: 15-19, 24-19, 11-25, 16-12-d, 25-30, 
12-3, 30-23, 20-16, 23-19, 16-12, 7-11-c, 3-8, 11-16, 8-11, 
16-20, 11-15, 14-18, 15-22, 10-15, 22-26, 19-16, 12-8,. 16-11, 
8-3, 15-19, 26-22, 20-24, 22-18, 24-27, 17-14, 27-31-6, 21-17, 
31-26, 3-8, 11-4, 18-15, 9-18, 15-31, 19-23, 28-24, 4-8, 24-19, 
8-11, 17-14, 6-10, 14^7, 2-11, 19-16, 2-7. B. wins.— W. C. 
Farrow. 

(6) 27-32, 21-17, 19-23, 18-27, 9-18, 27-24, 18-22, 17-14, 
22-26, 24-20, 26-31, 20-24, 32-27, 24-20, 31-26. B. wins.— 
W. C. Farrow. 

(c) In Turf, Game 1387, 19-15 is given, which only draws. 
R. A. Davis proposed 7-11 to win, but did not follow it up 
correctly. — W. C. P arrow. 

(d) 28-24, 14-18, 16-12, 8-11, 12-8, 25-30, 8-3, 30-23, 17-14, 
10-17, 3-1, 17-22, 13-6, 11-15, 6-2, 23-19, 2-7, 19-28, 7-10, 
15-19, 1-5, 18-23. B. wins.— W. C. Farrow. 

(e) 18-22, 25-18, 15-22, 23-18, 11-16, 18-15, 16-23, 27-18, 
10-19, 24-15, 7-11, 32-27, 12-16, 15-10, 6-15, 13-6, 1-10, 31-26, 
22-31, 18-14, 31-24, 14-7, 3-10, 28-3, 5-9, 17-13, 9-14, 3-7, 
11-16, 7-11. W. wins. — Bigelow beaten by Yates. 1877. 



< 


SWITCHER. 






11 15 13 22 


12 19 


a-15 18 


18 22 


19 10 


21 17 26 17 


25 21 


24 15 


27 24 


28 24 


9 13 3- 4 8 


6 10 


7 10 


22 31 


16 20 


11-25 21 29 25 


27 24 


14 7 


24 15 


24 19 


m- 8 11 2- 1 6 


11 15 


3 19 


31 26 


20 24 


6-17 14 Z-31 26 


i-17 13 


32 27 


17 14 


19 16 


10 17 1-15 19 


10 17 


8 12 


26 23 


24 27 


21 14 24 15 


21 14 


25 21 


14 10 


16 11 


4- 6 10 10 19 


2 6 


12 16 


23 19 


27 31 


22 17 23 16 


30 25 


21 17 


10 1 


Drawn 



Yates (blindfold) v. R. E. Bowen and Charles Hefter in con- 
sultation, 1877. 

(a) Yates pointed out that 6-10, 25-21, 10-17, 21-14, 7-10, 
14-7, 3-10, 24-20, 8-11, 26-22, 10-14-6, 32-27, 14-17, 13-9, 
17-26, 27-23. Drawn.— N. E. C. P., Game 209. 

(6) 19-24-c, 28-19, 15-24, 22-18, 24-28, 32-27, 28-32, 27-23, 
10-15, 20-16, 15-22, 16-7, 32-27, 23-18, 27-23, 18-14, 23-19, 
7-2, 19-15, 2-6. Drawn. 

(c) 19-23, 28-24, 23-26-ft, 32-27, 26-30-g, 27-23, 30-25-/, 
22-17-e, 25-21, 17-14-d, 10-17, 23-19, 15-18. Drawn. 

(d) 23-19, 21-14, 19-16, 14-18, 16-7, 5-9, 13-6, 15-19. B. 
wins. 

(e) 23-19, 25-18, 19-16, 10-14, 16-7, 15-19. B. wins. 
(/) 30-26, 23-18, 26-17, 18-14. Drawn. 

(g) 26-31, 27-23, 31-27, 23-19, 27-23. Drawn. 

(h) 10-14, 13-9, 14-18, 9-6, 18-25, 6-2, 15-18, 24-19, 25-30. 
Drawn. 

Notes b, c, d, e, /, g and h were worked out in consultation, 
Yates still blindfold— Turf, Game 1511. 

(i) 32-27, 8-11, 17-13, 10-17, 21-14, 7-10, 14-7, 3-10, 26-22 
10-14, 24-20, 14-18, 22-17-fc, 18-23, 27-18, 15-22, 17-14, 2-6, 
B. wins. — Yates beats R. A. Davis, 1877. 

143 



144 



R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 



(&) 30-26 draws easily.— A. H. Mercer, Turf, Sept. 6, 1878, 
but the following week (Sept. 13, 1878) says that 30-26 will 
not draw. 

(I) 24-19, 15-24, 28-19, 11-15, 27-24, 15-18, 31-27, 8-11, 
25-22, 18-25, 30-21, 6-9, 32-28, 9-18, 23-14, 11-16. B. wins.— 
Yates beats R. A. Davis, 1877. 

(m) 5-9, 30-25, 15-19, 24-15, 10-19, 23-16, 12-19, 17-14, 
9-18, 22-15, 7-10, 27-23, 8-12, 23-16, 10-19, 32-27, 4-8, 15-11, 
8-15, 21-17 13-22, 25-11. W. wins.— A. A. Bush beaten by 
Yates, 1876. 

Var. 1. 



6 9 


24 20 


10 17 


32 27 


5 


9 


22 18 


25 21 


16 19 


21 14 


10 14 


13 


6 


15 31 


9 18 


27 24 


7 10 


27 23 


2 


9 


24 8 


23 14 


8 11 


14 7 


12 16 


25 


22 


31 26 


11 16 


17 13 


3 10 


30 25 


9 


13 


Drawn. 



Yates v. J. P. Reed, 1878. 



Var. 2. 



2 6 


17 13 


8 12 


13 


6 


3 17 


14 10 


31 26 


15 19 


27 24 


1 


17 


26 22 


15 18 


15 18 


23 16 


11 15 


21 


14 


17 26 


10 6 


24 20 


12 19 


20 16 


7 


11 


30 14 


18 22 


10 15 


25 21 


6 9 


16 


7 


19 23 


Drawn. 



J. Dempster, Jr., v. Yates, 1877. 



15 18 
24 20 

11 15 

29 25 
4 8 

30 26 
15 19 
23 16 

12 19 
27 23 
18 27 



32 

a- 8 
25 

1 
26 

6 
31 

9 
23 

2 
17 



16 
11 
21 

6 
23 

9 
27 
18 
14 

6 
13 



Var. 3. 

10 17 
21 14 



6 
13 
10 

9 



10 
9 

17 
6 



17 22 
6 2 
22 26 
16 12 
26 30 



20 16 
11 20 
2 11 
30 25 
11 16 

26 22 

27 23 
5 9 

23 19 
22 18 
16 11 



9 13 
19 15 
13 17 
15 10 

17 22 

10 6 
22 26 

6 1 

18 23 

11 16 
26 31 



Wm. Davie v. Yates, 1879. 
(a) 8-12, 16-11, 7-16, 20-11, 2-7, 11-2, 1-6, 2-9, 12- 
5-30, 26-23, 3-10, 28-24, 16-20, 23-19, 20-27, 31-24. 
— R. D. Yates. 



1 6 
31 26 

6 10 
26 22 
10 15 
23 18 
15 19 
22 26 
28 24 
Drawn. 



16, 14-7, 
Drawn. 







SWITCHER. 




Hi 






Var. 4 








4 8 


30 25 


8 11 


2 6 


25 21 


3 8 


29 25 


10 17 


32 28 


15 18 


10 6 


11 15 


5- 6 10 


25 21 


15 18 


6 10 


3 7 


8 11 


24 19 


2 6 


19 15 


18 22 


6 2 


15 18 


15 24 


21 14 


18 27 


17 13 


21 25 


11 15 


28 19 


6 10 


15 6 


22 25 


1 6 


18 22 


10 17 


22 17 


27 32 


13 9 


25 22 


15 18 


25 21 


13 22 


24 20 


25 29 


6 10 


22 26 


1 6 


26 17 


11 15 


9 6 


22 18 


31 22 


21 14 


11 15 


6 2 


29 25 


10 3 


9 6 


6 10 


27 24 


7 11 


6 1 


18 9 


Drawn. 




Yates v. 


J. F. St. 


Clair, 1877 


r 





Var. 5. 



15 18 


24 20 


17 22 


27 24 


11 15 


17 13 


22 15 


6 10 


26 17 


7 11 


7 3 


27 32 


11 18 


32 28 


13 29 


22 17 


18 23 


20 16 


24 19 


10 17 


31 26 


15 18 


3 7 


12 19 


7 11 


23 14 


8 11 


10 7 


23 27 


24 15 


28 24 


11 15 


26 22 


3 10 


7 10 


32 27 


2 7 


19 10 


11 15 


14 7 


15 18 


W. wins, 



J. Dempster, Jr., beaten by Yates, 1876. 



Var. 6. 



.0-24 19 


21 14 


27 24 


13 9 


19 16 


4 8 


15 24 


6 10 


16 20 


7 10 


11 15 


17 22 


28 19 


30 25 


23 18 


14 7 


16 11 


20 16 


7-11 16 


10 17 


20 27 


5 14 


14 17 


24 19 


17 14 


25 21 


31 24 


7 2 


11 8 


16 11 


10 17 


2 6 


8 11 


22 26 


15 18 


22 26 


21 14 


21 14 


24 20 


32 28 


2 6 


11 7 


6 10 


6 10 


12 16 


26 31 


18 23 


19 15 


29 25 


22 17 


19 12 


28 24 


6 10 


10 19 


10 17 


13 22 


10 15 


31 27 


23 26 


3 10 


25 21 


26 17 


17 13 


24 19 


8 4 


19 23 


1 6 


4 8 


15 22 


27 24 


26 31 


Drawn 



Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 



146 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Var. 7. 
11 15 21 14 8- 4 8 14 5 26 23 10 14 



17 14 


6 10 


31 27 


7 21 


15 11 


18 15 


15 24 


30 25 


8 11 


5 1 


23 18 


9 6 


27 20 


10 17 


27 24 


18 23 


11 7 


8 11 


10 17 


25 21 


11 15 


1 6 


3 8 


14 10 


21 14 


1 6 


23 19 


23 26 


7 2 


15 19 


9- 6 10 


21 14 


15 18 


6 10 


21 25 


6 2 


29 25 


6 10 


32 28 


26 31 


2 6 


11 15 


10 17 


22 17 


10 15 


24 19 


25 30 


28 24 


25 21 


13 22 


19 10 


31 26 


6 9 


19 28 


2 6 


26 17 


5 9 


19 15 


30 26 


Drawn 



Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 



Var. 8. 



10 15 


5 14 


18 27 


8 11 


19 12 


8 


3 


17 13 


7 2 


32 23 


14 9 


10 19 


7 


10 


15 19 


14 18 


26 31 


27 24 


12 8 


3 


8 


23 16 


2 6 


6 10 


9 6 


19 16 


2 


7 


12 19 


19 23 


31 27 


24 19 


8 12 


8 


3 


13 9 


31 27 


23 18 


6 2 


16 11 


7 


11 


7 10 


23 26 


3 8 


11 15 


12 8 


3 


8 



14 7 27 23 18 14 20 16 11 7 Drawn, 

Yates v. Wyllie, 1876. 



Var. 9 
4 8 31 26 11 16 2 6 22 26 11 16 



29 25 


2 7 


19 15 


20 24 


14 9 


29 25 


8 11 


25 22 


16 20 


6 15 


13 17 


16 20 


22 18 


17 21 


15 10 


24 27 


9 6 


31 27 


6 9 


26 23 


12 16 


18 14 


26 31 


15 18 


23 19 


9 13 


9 6 


27 31 


6 2 


25 29 


11 16 


14 9 


16 19 


14 10 


17 22 


18 22 


20 11 


5 14 


6 2 


31 26 


2 7 


W. wins. 


7 23 


18 9 


19 23 


22 18 


22 25 




26 19 


7 11 


10 6 


28 22 


7 11 




13 17 


23 18 


1 10 


18 14 


25 29 





A. 0. Robinson beaten by Yates , 1877. 







SWITCHER. 






H/ 






Var. 10. 










23 18 


22 6 


28 24 


29 25 


19 


15 


24 20 


6 9 


1 17 


10 14 


11 15 


10 


26 


27 23 


27 23 


30 25 


18 9 


25 21 


17 


1 


21 17 


4 8 


15 22 


5 14 


8 11 


26 


31 


23 19 


17 14 


25 18 


26 22 


32 28 


1 


6 


17 14 


10 17 


7 10 


17 26 


2 6 


18 


22 


22 26 


21 14 


24 19 


31 22 


22 17 


6 


10 


14 9 


13 17 


3 7 


7 10 


15 18 


31 


27 


Drawn. 




Melvin Brown v. Yates, 1876. 










Var. 11. 










24 20 


5 9 


22 15 


8 11 


29 


25 


7 10 


15 19 


24 15 


7 10 


15 8 


19 


23 


24 19 


23 16 


10 19 


25 22 


4 11 


28 


24 


1 5 


12 19 


17 14 


2 7 


26 22 


10 


14 


30 25 


27 24 


9 18 


22 18 


6 9 


25 


21 


W. wins 



C. Robb beaten by Yates, 1877, 









WHILTER. 








11 15 


22 


17 


11 16 


10 


1 


26 22 


6 2 


23 19 


8 


11 


17 14 


5 


14 


18 14 


11 16 


7- 8 11 


31 


26 


10 17 


30 


21 


22 17 


1 6 


22 17 


4 


8 


21 14 


14 


18 


14 9 


14 18 


9 14 


25 


22 


16 20 


1 


5 


17 14 


21 17 


25 22 


16 


20 


19 15 


2-18 


23 


10 6 


18 23 


3 8 


23 


18 


7 11 


26 


22 


23 26 


6 10 


26 23 


14 


23 


23 19 


1-24 


27 


6 1 


16 20 


5 9 


27 


18 


20 24 


a-22 


18 


26 30 


17 13 


17 13 


20 


27 


14 10 


27 


31 


9 6 


12 16 


11 16 


32 


23 


4- 9 14 


19 


15 


2 9 


Drawn, 


29 25 


15 


24 


3-18 9 


31 


26 


13 6 




6-15 


28 


19 


11 25 


15 


10 


8 11 





Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 

(a) 13-9, 27-31, 19-15, 12-16, 15-10, 16-20, 9-6, 2-9, 5-14, 
20-24, 22-17, 24-27. Drawn.— Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 



Var. 1. 



8 11 


19 15 


28 32 


4 8 


23 26 


21 17 


22 18 


27 31 


11 8 


16 19 


11 15 


27 23 


11 16 


14 10 


16 20 


5 9 


26 30 


Drawn, 


18 14 


24 28 


8 4 


19 23 


9 14 




23 27 


15 11 


12 16 


8 11 


32 27 





Wyllie v. Yates, 1876. 



Var. 2. 



24 28 
5 9 

28 32 
9 14 


18 23 26 30 8 11 
26 22 15 10 10 6 
23 26 32 27 2 9 

19 15 14 18 13 6 
Yates v. Martins, 1877. 

148 


11 

6 

16 

22 


16 

2 

19 

17 


19 23 
18 22 
27 24 
Drawn, 







WHILTER 


. 




US 






Var. 3. 








10 1 


11 16 


19 15 


27 23 


7 10 


31 26 


14 23 


6 2 


27 31 


10 7 


20 24 


14 9 


15 10 


16 23 


25 21 


24 27 


2 7 


5 14 


23 27 


26 19 


31 27 


7 3 


23 19 


10 17 


10 6 


8 11 


1 6 


27 31 


22 18 


27 31 


2 9 


a-30 25 


16 20 


3 7 


24 27 


17 22 


13 6 


11 16 


15 10 


12 16 


18 14 


Drawn 



Yates v. Martins, 1877. 

(a) 2-7, 11-16, 19-15, 27-31, 1-6, 24-28, 7-10, 28-32, 15-11, 
32-27, 30-25, 27-23, 11-7, 23-19, 10-14, 16-20, 7-2, 20-24, 
25-21, 24-28. Drawn.— Yates v. Martins, 1877. 







Var. 4. 










24 27 


5 14 


31 26 


2 9 


21 


17 


16 20 


10 1 


5-19 15 


17 14 


14 5 


14 


10 


15 10 


9 14 


27 31 


26 22 


18 23 


12 


16 


23 27 


18 9 


26 22 


21 17 


5 1 


10 


7 


Drawn 


11 25 


14 18 


22 25 


25 21 


8 


12 




30 21 


22 17 


1 6 


17 14 


7 


3 






Yates 


v. Martins, 1877. 












Var. 5. 










1 5 


11 16 


6 1 


22 17 


13 


9 


24 28 


8 11 


15 10 


23 27 


14 10 


12 


16 


2 7 


26 22 


18 23 


17 13 


17 14 


9 


6 


10 15 


27 31 


10 6 


27 31 


10 7 


16 


19 


7 11 


22 17 


2 9 


21 17 


14 10 


6 


2 


15 8 


14 18 


13 6 


26 22 


7 3 


19 


24 


3 12 


19 15 


31 26 


17 14 


16 20 


5 


9 


Drawn 



Yates v. Martins, 1877. 



Var. 6. 



7 11 


22 15 


10 26 


7 16 


16 11 


2 9 


31 26 


10 26 


6 2 


31 26 


21 17 


11 2 


16 20 


30 23 


26 31 


32 23 


8 12 


9 5 


19 16 


11 15 


27 23 


26 12 


17 14 


19 23 


12 19 


25 22 


20 27 


14 10 


12 16 


28 24 


23 7 


6 10 


2 7 


12 16 


14 10 


Drawn 


2 11 


13 6 


14 18 


10 7 


16 19 




26 23 


15 18 


23 14 


4 8 


10 7 




15 18 


22 15 


8 11 


7 2 


1 6 





Yates v. W. R. Barker, 1877. 



150 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 

Var. 7. 



9 14 


22 17 


15 24 


32 27 


14 18 


2 7 


22 17 


3 8 


28 19 


5 9 


22 15 


10 15 


7 11 


31 26 


4 8 


22 18 


9 14 


11 8 


25 22 


11 16 


30 26 


2 7 


15 11 


15 19 


11 16 


26 22 


8 11 


18 15 


14 18 


7 11 


8-17 13 


16 23 


26 23 


1 5 


23 7 


12 16 


16 23 


27 11 


11 16 


15 11 


16 32 


Drawn 


26 19 


8 15 


29 25 


7 16 


7 2 





8 11 24 19 16 20 25 22 
Yates v, Martins, 1877. 



6 10 



Var. 8. 



26 23 


4 8 


23 7 


30 26 


8 11 


26 


22 


16 20 


23 19 


16 23 


29 25 


19 23 


11 


15 


31 26 


8 12 


27 18 


26 23 


28 24 


18 


11 


8 11 


30 26 


20 27 


11 8 


23 26 


25 


18 


19 16 


11 16 


32 23 


23 18 


24 20 


6 


9 


12 19 


26 23 


3 26 


8 3 


26 30 


17 


14 


23 7 


15 18 


18 15 


12 16 


20 16 


1 


6 


2 11 


22 15 


26 30 


3 8 


30 26 


B.* 


ring 


26 23 


14 18 


15 11 


16 19 


16 12 








Yates beats C. Robb, 1877. 









WILL-O'-THE-WISP. 



11 15 


12 16 


6 10 


13 17 


9 27 


23 18 


23 19 


29 25 


16 12 


25 21 


31 24 


6 10 


9 13 


8 11 


11 16 


1 6 


16 30 


11 16 


22 18 


26 23 


30 26 


27 23 


5 1 


24 20 


15 22 


16 20 


8 11 


20 24 


30 26 


16 19 


25 18 


24 19 


18 15 


28 19 


1 6 


10 6 


1-10 15 


4 8 


11 18 


5 9 


26 23 


18 15 


18 11 


19 16 


23 14 


14 5 


6 2 


B. wins, 


7 23 


2 7 


10 17 


6 9 


7 11 




27 18 


32 27 


'21 14 


21 14 


2 6 





Yates beats Geo. W. Fairgrieve, 1879. 



Var. 1. 



5 9 


26 22 


11 16 


15 8 


6 10 


18 9 


29 25 


3 7 


24 19 


4 11 


25 21 


5 14 


7 11 


21 17 


16 23 


30 26 


10 17 


26 23 


19 15 


12 16 


31 26 


2 7 


21 14 


W. wins. 


10 19 


17 14 


7 11 


19 15 


7 11 




24 15 


16 20 


26 19 


12 16 


14 10 




1 5 


28 24 


|8 12 


15 8 


9 14 





A. J. Heffner beaten by Yates, 1877. 



151 



IS 2 R. D. YATES, CHECKER PLAYER. 



UNCLASSIFIED. 

11 15 4 8 7 11 1 5 27 31 26 22 



-22 17 


22 18 


26 22 


18 9 


18 9 


1 5 


8 11 


8 11 


11 15 


5 14 


11 16 


23 27 


17 13 


18 9 


32 28 


27 24 


23 18 


9 6 


9 14 


5 14 


15 24 


20 27 


16 23 


2 9 


25 22 


29 25 


28 19 


31 24 


18 14 


5 14 


11 16 


16 20 


3 8 


16 20 


10 15 


Drawn, 



24 19 25 22 a-30 26 26 22 14 10 

15 24 11 16 8 11 20 27 31 26 

28 19 6-22 17 22 18 22 18 10 1 
Yates v. Melvin Brown, 1875. 

(a) Corrects A. D. P. where 22-18 is given and loses. 
(6) A. D. P. says this loses. 



Var. 1. 
23 19 a-25 18 26 22 23 14 14 9 25 21 



2- 8 11 


16 20 


7 11 


9 18 


3 7 


7 10 


27 23 


32 27 


18 15 


21 17 


9 5 


26 23 


11 16 


10 14 


11 18 


5 9 


6 9 


9 14 


22 18 


29 25 


22 15 


17 14 


30 26 


31 26 


15 22 


4 8 


14 18 


9 13 


2 6 


B. wins. 



Yates beats R. A. Davis, 1877. 

(a) Same now as Tillicoultry, viz:— 11-15, 23-19, 8-11, 
22-18, 15-22, 25-18, 11-16, 27-23. 



Var. 2 

9 14 8 15 9 13 9 14 18 25 15 18 

22 18 25 22 32 27 25 21 27 23 30 21 

14 23 5 9 6 9 14 18 10 17 18 27 

27 11 21 17 29 25 17 14 21 14 B. wins. 



Yates (blindfold) beats Rouer, 1880. 



SEP 2 1905, 



